Philip of Savoy, Duke of Nemours (149025 November 1533) was a French nobleman. He was a son of
Philip II, Duke of Savoy, and his second wife
Claudine de Brosse
Claudine de Brosse (1450–1513), was a Duchess Consort of Savoy; married in 1485 to Philip II, Duke of Savoy.Joseph Brossard, Histoire politique et religieuse du pays de Gex et lieux circonvoisins, Milliet-Bottier, 1831, 614 pages ; pages 582 ...
. He was a half-brother of
Louise of Savoy, the mother of
Francis I of France
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. He was the founder of the Nemours branch of the
house of Savoy
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which eventually settled in
France
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.
Originally destined for the priesthood, he was given the bishopric of
Geneva at the age of five, but resigned it in 1510, when he was made
count of Genevois
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. He served under
Louis XII, with whom he was present at the
battle of Agnadello
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Background
On 15 April 1509, a French army under the command of Louis ...
(1509), under the emperor
Charles V in 1520, and finally under his nephew,
Francis I Francis I or Francis the First may refer to:
* Francesco I Gonzaga (1366–1407)
* Francis I, Duke of Brittany (1414–1450), reigned 1442–1450
* Francis I of France (1494–1547), King of France, reigned 1515–1547
* Francis I, Duke of Saxe ...
.
In 1528 Francis gave him the
duchy of Nemours and married him to Charlotte of Orleans, a daughter of
Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville. They had two children:
* Joanna (1532–1568), who married
Nicolas, Duke of Mercœur as his second wife, and had 6 children with him, and
*
Jacques, Duke of Nemours
References
Sources
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Counts of Geneva
Dukes of Nemours
People from Bourg-en-Bresse
1490 births
1533 deaths
Princes of Savoy
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