biography
pronunciation:
[amaydayoh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.1197–1253)
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| biography:
| Count of Savoia after the death of his father, Tommaso I in 1233. He supported Frederick II in the contest between the emperor and Pope Innocent IV, and was rewarded with new territories. Later, for fear of being excommunicated, he forsook the Ghibellines. |
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