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

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and of a

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Biography

He was a son of Henri of Savoy, 3rd Duke of Nemours (1572-1632) and Anne of

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. He was a younger brother of

Louis of Savoy Ludovico I or Louis I (Italian: Lodovico; 24 February 1413 – 29 January 1465) was Duke of Savoy from 1440 until his death in 1465. Life He was born at Geneva the son of Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy and Mary of Burgundy; he was the first to ho ...

, who died in 1641. Charles Amadeus served in the

Army of Flanders The Army of Flanders ( es, Ejército de Flandes nl, Leger van Vlaanderen) was a multinational army in the service of the Habsburg Spain, kings of Spain that was based in the Spanish Netherlands during the 16th to 18th centuries. It was notable for ...

in 1645, and in the following year commanded the light cavalry at the siege of

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. In 1652 he took part in the

war of the Fronde The Fronde () was a series of civil wars in France between 1648 and 1653, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635. King Louis XIV confronted the combined opposition of the princes, the nobility, the law cour ...

, and fought at Bleneau and at the ''Faubourg St Antoine'', where he was wounded. On 11 July 1643 he married, at the

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, ''Mademoiselle de Vendôme'', the daughter of

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, the

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son of King

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by his mistress,

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. Her mother was the wealthy heiress,

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(1592–1669), the daughter of

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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

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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 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, w ...

, in 1666 and afterwards Alphonso's younger brother,

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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.

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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

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, who had been

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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

References

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