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==As count==
On 9 August 1078, Peter died and Amadeus succeeded him as Count of Savoy, but in the March of Turin, where Peter had co-ruled with their mother, Amadeus was never margrave, although the reason for this is unclear.<ref name=cognasso/> One document, issued by his widowed daughter Adelaide in 1090, refers to him as "count and margrave" (''comes et marchio''), but it is probably anachronistic.<ref name=prev242>Previté-Orton, 242.</ref> There is only one document from his reign, in the [[cartulary]] of Saint-André-le-Bas in [[Vienne, Isère|Vienne]], which is dated when "Count Amadeus [was] reigning."<ref>Quoted in Previté-Orton, 242: ''regnante Amedei comitis''.</ref> This shows, by the absence of the regnal year of the emperor, that despite his involvement in the reconciliation at Canossa, Amadeus II was neutral in the wider [[Investiture Controversy]] and the wars against Henry IV that it caused in Germany.<ref name=prev242/>

Amadeus died in [[Turin]] on 26 January 1080, according to the [[necrology]] of the church of Saint Andrew there.<ref>The necrology reads: ''vii. Kal. Feb. ob. comes Amedeus de Sabaudia'' (the seventh [[kalends]] of February died Count Amadeus of Savoy).</ref> This date must be at least approximately correct, since Adelaide made a monastic donation for the benefit of the souls of her sons, Margrave Peter and Count Amadeus, on 8 March.<ref>Quoted in Previté-Orton, 242: ''quondam Petri itemque marchionis sive quondam Amedei comitis'' (the same late Peter, margrave, and the late Amadeus, count).</ref>