Amadeus
a common name in the house of Savoy. The first who bore it was Count Amadeus, who lived in the 11th century, but the first to make an important figure in history was Amadeus V. (1249-1323). Amadeus VIII., born in 1383, secured the elevation of Savoy into a duchy. He was elected Pope in 1439, as Felix V., but resigned later. Amadeus I., of Spain, born in 1845, son of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, was elected King of Spain in 1870, abdicated in 1873, and died in 1890.