Charles Amadeus of Savoy (french: Charles-Amédée de Savoie, ), Duke of Nemours (12 April 162430 July 1652) was a French military leader and magnate. He was the father of the penultimate
Duchess of Savoy and of a
Queen of Portugal
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Biography
He was a son of
Henri of Savoy, 3rd Duke of Nemours (1572-1632) and Anne of
Lorraine
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. He was a younger brother of
Louis of Savoy, who died in 1641.
Charles Amadeus served in the
Army of Flanders
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in 1645, and in the following year commanded the light cavalry at the siege of
Kortrijk
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It is the capital and large ...
. In 1652 he took part in the
war of the Fronde, and fought at
Bleneau and at the ''Faubourg St Antoine'', where he was wounded.
On 11 July 1643 he married, at the
Louvre
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,
Élisabeth de Bourbon
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Biography
Élisabeth was born in Paris. Her father was César de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme, legitimised son of King Henry IV of France and his o ...
, ''Mademoiselle de Vendôme'', the daughter of
César, Duke of Vendôme
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, the
legitimised
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son of King
Henry IV of France
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by his mistress,
Gabrielle d'Estrées
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. Her mother was the wealthy heiress,
Françoise de Lorraine
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.
Charles Amadeus had several children: two daughters, three sons and a stillborn child of unrecorded gender. Only his two daughters survived him;
*
Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy, ''Mademoiselle de Nemours'' (1644–1724), who married
Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy
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, in 1665, and had issue;
*Stillborn child
*
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy, ''Mademoiselle d'Aumale'' (1646–1683), who married king
Alphonso VI of Portugal
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, in 1666 and afterwards Alphonso's younger brother,
Pedro, Duke of Beja
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, regent of Portugal, and had issue.
*Joseph of Savoy (1649–1649)
*Francis of Savoy (1650–1650)
*Charles Amadeus of Savoy (1651–1651)
Charles Amadeus was killed by his brother-in-law,
François de Bourbon, Duke of Beaufort in a duel in 1652.
Anne Commire
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, Deborah Klezmer '' Women in world history: a biographical encyclopedia'' Volume 10 - Page 388- 2001 "Born Marie de Savoie-Nemours on June 21, 1646; died on December 27, 1683; daughter of Charles Amedee of Savoy (who was killed in a celebrated duel with his brother-in-law, Francois de Vendome, duke of Beaufort).. " He was buried at the Notre Dame d'Annecy in
Annecy, the capital of the
Genevois, of which the Dukes of Nemours were also counts. Charles Amadeus' brother
Henri, who had been
archbishop of Reims
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, withdrew from orders in order to succeed him in the title of
Duke of Nemours Duke of Nemours was a title in the Peerage of France. The name refers to Nemours in the Île-de-France region of north-central France.
History
In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Lordship of Nemours, in the Gatinais, France, was a possession of t ...
.
Ancestry
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