Amadeus I, nicknamed of the Tail or la Coda, was an early count of the House of Savoy. He was probably the eldest son of Humbert I. His nickname derives from an anecdote, preserved only in a thirteenth-century manuscript, that when he met the Emperor Henry III at Verona in 1046, he refused to enter the emperor's chambers without his large train of knights, his "tail".

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Occupation: aristocrat

Family

Aymonchild Humbert of Savoychild Humbert I of Savoyfather Anceliemother Otto I, Count of Savoysibling Burchardsibling Aymon of Savoy, Bishop of Sionsibling

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Occupation: aristocrat

Family

Aymonchild Humbert of Savoychild Humbert I of Savoyfather Anceliemother Otto I, Count of Savoysibling Burchardsibling Aymon of Savoy, Bishop of Sionsibling