Amadeus I of Geneva

Amadeus I of Geneva
Count of Geneva
Coat of Arms of the Count of Geneva.
Full name Amadeus I of Geneva
Father	Aymon I of Geneva
Mother	Ida Faucigny

Amadeus I of Geneva (1098–1178) was count of Geneva. He succeeded his father in the county's government in 1128, and remained count of Geneva until his death in 1178. Amadeus was the son of Aymon I of Geneva (the preceding count) and of Ida Faucigny.

During his lifetime Amadeus I added the city of Annecy to his territories, thereby increasing the power of his County.

He also sought the protection of the House of Zähringen, after losing the rights to the dioceses of Sion, Lausanne and Geneva. Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1156 granted the rights to Berthold IV of Zähringen instead. However, Pope Alexander III took the bishop of Lausanne under his protection and superseded all claims to Lausanne, thereby reducing the power of the Duke of Zähringen. The three bishops of the dioceses in question, however, wanted to maintain autonomy from all parties concerned.

In 1162, Amadeus permitted the use of the land of Vaud, and the forests that belonged to him, by the Abbot of Haut-Crêt.

In 1178 Amadeus donated cannons to the capital of the St. Pierre Cathedral in Geneva, and the vineyards and tithes collected in Bossey.

Amadeus was the son of Aymon I of Geneva (f. 1128) and Ida Faucigny, daughter of Sir Luís I of Faucigny. For two years Amadeus was married to the Lady Matilde of Cuiseaux, daughter of Hugo I of Cuiseaux, with whom he had:

In a second marriage (1137), with Lady Beatriz de Domène, daughter of Pierre Ainar of Domène, he had: