Daily Medieval

After numerous engagements to find the right bride, Amadeus VI of Savoy finally married Bonne of Bourbon (1341 - 19 January 1402). They we...

Like all rulers, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy  (1334 - 1383), was going to need an heir. He was only nine years old when his father died and p...

When he was 32-years-old, Count of Savoy Amadeus VI started a mini-Crusade. He sent 1700 men on 15 ships to aid Byzantine Emperor John V Pa...

When Aymon, Count of Savoy, died in 1343, his successor, his son Amadeus, was only nine years old. Two cousins were assigned as co-regents. ...

Tenedos (now a Turkish possession called Bozcaada) is an island in the northeast of the Aegean Sea. It was mentioned in the Iliad  and the O...

After the final phase of the decades-long war between Genoa and Venice , the man brought in to mediate a permanent truce between the two mar...

The final phase of the decades-long conflict between Genoa and Venice came in 1378 to 1381 when Genoa decided to directly attack Venice inst...