Religion Roman Catholic Name Charles Duke | Parents Henri I, Duke of Nemours | |
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Born 12 April 1624Paris, France ( 1624-04-12 ) Issue Marie Jeanne, Duchess of SavoyMarie Francoise, Queen of Portugal Mother Anne de Lorraine-Aumale Died July 30, 1652, Paris, France Spouse Elisabeth de Bourbon (m. 1643) Children Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours, Maria Francisca of Savoy Similar People Marie Jeanne Baptiste o, Francoise de Lorraine, Charles Emmanuel II - Duke of, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Afonso VI of Portugal | ||
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.
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.
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.
On 11 July 1643 he married, 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. 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, withdrew from orders in order to succeed him in the title of Duke of Nemours.