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Amadeus VI of Savoy
Amadeus VI (January 4 1334 - March 1 1383), surnamed the Green Count was Count of Savoy from 1343 to 1383. Initiated a minor crusade in 1366 against the Ottoman Empire to aid his cousin, John V Palaeologus, the Byzantine Emperor. He married to Bonne of Bourbon . The nickname the Green Count refers to his habit of dressing in this colour and appear in state occasions surrounded by green-dressed escort.
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