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Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy
Amadeus VII, called the Red Count, was count of Savoy from 1383 to 1391. In 1388 Nice and its hinterland placed themselves under his protection in the act known as the Dedition, giving Savoy an outlet to the Mediterranean that it kept until 1860. He died after a hunting accident in 1391.
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