Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours

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Charles Amadeus
Duke of Nemours
Charles Amédée of Savoy, Duke of Nemours in 1652.jpg
Born (1624-04-12)12 April 1624
Paris, France
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Paris, France
Burial Notre Dame d'Annecy, Annecy
Spouse Élisabeth de Bourbon-Vendôme
Issue Marie Jeanne, Duchess of Savoy
Marie Françoise, Queen of Portugal
House House of Savoy
Father Henri of Savoy, Duc de Nemours
Mother Anne de Lorraine-Aumale
Religion Roman Catholic

Charles Amadeus of Savoy (French: Charles-Amédée de Savoie), Duke of Nemours (12 April 1624 – 30 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.[1]

Biography

He was a son of Henri of Savoy, 3rd Duke of Nemours (1572-1632) and Anne de Lorraine-Aumale. He was a younger brother of Louis of Savoy-Nemours, who died in 1641.[2]

Charles Amadeus served in the Army of Flanders in 1645, and in the following year commanded the light cavalry at the siege of Kortrijk. 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.

He married on July 11, 1643 at the Louvre, Élisabeth de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Vendôme, the daughter of César, Duke of Vendôme, the legitimised son of King Henry IV of France by his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrées. Her mother was the wealthy heiress, Françoise de Lorraine (1592–1669), the daughter of Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur.

Charles Amadeus had several children: two daughters, three sons and a stillborn child of unrecorded gender. Only his two daughters survived him;

Charles Amadeus was killed by his brother-in-law, François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort in a duel in 1652.[3][4] He was buried at the Notre Dame d'Annecy[citation needed] 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, withdrew from orders in order to succeed him in the title of Duke of Nemours.[2]

Ancestry

Family of Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Philip II, Duke of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Philippe of Savoy, Duke of Nemours
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Claude de Brosse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Jacques of Savoy, Duke of Nemours
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Charlotte d'Orléans-Longueville
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Margravine Johanna of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Henri of Savoy, Duke of Nemours
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Lucrezia Borgia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Anna d'Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Louis XII of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Princess Renée of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Anne of Brittany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Charles Amadeus of Savoy, Duke of Nemours
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Claude of Lorraine, Duke of Guise
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Claude de Lorraine-Guise, Duke of Aumale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Antoinette de Bourbon-Vendôme
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Charles de Lorraine, Duke of Aumale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Louis de Brézé, Count de Maulevrier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Louise de Brézé
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Diane de Poitiers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Anne de Lorraine-Aumale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise =24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. René de Lorraine, Marquis of Elbeuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Antoinette de Bourbon-Vendôme =25
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Marie de Lorraine-Elbeuf
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Claude de Rieux
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Louise de Rieux
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Suzanne de Bourbon-Montpensier
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. Noble Strategies in an Early Modern Small State Page 64 Charles T. Lipp - 2011 "... marriages, notable among them one to Marie Mancini, niece of Cardinal Mazarin, and one to Marie-Jeanne-Baptiste de Nemours, daughter of Charles-Amédée of Savoy, Duke de Nemours, a project that advanced quite far."
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Oresko 2004, p. 18.
  3. Oresko 2004, p. 17.
  4. Anne Commire, 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).. "
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French nobility
Preceded by Duke of Nemours
1641–1652
Succeeded by
Henri of Savoy