Élisabeth de Bourbon (August 1614 – 19 May 1664) was a granddaughter of

King Henry IV of France Henry IV (french: Henri IV; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry or Henry the Great, was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 1610. He was the first monarch ...

Biography

Coat of arms of Élisabeth de Bourbon as Duchess of Nemours

Élisabeth was born in Paris. Her father was

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, legitimised son of King Henry IV of France and his official mistress

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. Her mother was Princess

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(1592–1669), daughter and heiress of

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, himself a rival of Henry IV. Her mother was the Duchess of Mercœur and Penthièvre in her own right and was the greatest heiress of her time. Styled as ''Mademoiselle de Vendôme'' prior to marriage, she was the second of three children; she had two brothers, the Frondeur François de Bourbon,

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and Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme whose wife

Laura Mancini Laura Mancini (6 May 1636 – 8 February 1657) was a niece of Cardinal Mazarin. She was the eldest of the five famous Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of Louis XIV of France as the ''M ...

was a niece of

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. They were the parents of Louis Joseph de Bourbon, a very successful military commander and a

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. On 11 July 1643 at the

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, ''Mademoiselle de Vendôme'' married Charles Amadeus of Savoy, Duke of Nemours. The young prince was a member of a cadet branch of the

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which had settled in France. The young prince was a direct descendant of

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as was Élisabeth. They had two daughters who would marry the heirs to the thrones of Savoy and Portugal, and three sons who died shortly after birth. In 1652 the Duke of Nemours was killed by her brother François, Duke of Beaufort in a

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. Élisabeth herself died in Paris. She managed to secure the income of the lands of Nemours for her two daughters, but the titles were inherited by other members of the family.

Issue

Marie Jeanne of Savoy, Mademoiselle de Nemours Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (, 11 April 1644 – 15 March 1724) was born a Princess of Savoy and became the Duchess of Savoy by marriage. First married by proxy to Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, Charles of Lorraine in 1662, Lorraine ...

(1644–1724) married

Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel II ( it, Carlo Emanuele II di Savoia); 20 June 1634 – 12 June 1675) was Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675 and under regency of his mother Christine of France until 1648. He was also Marquis of Saluzzo, Count of Aosta, Geneva, Mo ...

in 1665. #Stillborn daughter # Marie Françoise of Savoy, Mademoiselle d'Aumale (1646–1683) married

Afonso VI of Portugal Afonso VI (; 21 August 164312 September 1683), known as "the Victorious" (), was the second king of Portugal of the House of Braganza from 1656 until his death. He was initially under the regency of his mother, Luisa de Guzmán, until 1662, wh ...

in 1666 and afterwards Afonso's brother

Pedro II of Portugal ''Dom'' Pedro II (Peter II; 26 April 1648 – 9 December 1706), nicknamed "the Pacific", was King of Portugal from 1683 until his death, previously serving as regent for his brother Afonso VI from 1668 until his own accession. He was the fifth a ...

. #Prince Joseph of Savoy (1649–1649) #Prince Francis of Savoy (1650–1650) #Prince Charles Amadeus of Savoy (1651–1651)

Biography

Issue

Ancestry

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