Henri of Savoy (7 November 1625,
Paris
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– 4 January 1659, Paris) was the seventh
Duc de Nemours (1652–59), and was also
Count of Geneva.
Henri, as the third son of
Henri de Savoie, 4th Duc de Nemours, was not expected to succeed to the dukedom and entered the priesthood. By 1651, he had become
Archbishop of Reims
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. When his brothers
Louis
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* Louis (coin), a French coin
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and
Charles
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both predeceased him without leaving sons, he was relieved of his vows and became Duc de Nemours in 1652. He married
Marie d'Orleans (daughter of
Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville and
Louise de Bourbon) in 1657, but died two years later without children. On his death, the title of Duke of Nemours reverted to the Crown. He was succeeded as Count of Geneva by his niece,
Marie Jeanne Baptiste de Savoie, Duchess of Savoy.
References
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External links
Encyclopædia Britannica entry
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1625 births
1659 deaths
Nobility from Paris
Princes of Savoy
Dukes of Nemours
Archbishops of Reims
Counts of Geneva
17th-century peers of France