Charles Emmanuel I Of SAVOY

Charles married Catherine Michelle Of SPAIN on 11 Mar 1585 in Saragosa, Spain. Catherine (daughter of Philip II Of SPAIN and Elizabeth Of VALOIS) was born on 10 Oct 1567 in Madrid, Spain; died on 06 Nov 1597 in Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Felipe Emanuel Of SAVOY was born on 02 Apr 1586; died on 13 Feb 1605.
2. Victor Amadeus I Duke Of SAVOY was born on 08 May 1587; died on 07 Oct 1637.
3. Filiberto Emanuele Of SAVOY was born on 16 Apr 1588; died on 03 Aug 1624.
4. Margherita Of SAVOY was born in 1589; died in 1655.
5. Isabel Of SAVOY was born on 11 Mar 1591; died on 28 Aug 1626.
6. Maurice Of SAVOY was born on 10 Jan 1593; died on 04 Oct 1657.
7. Maria Apollonia Of SAVOY was born in 1594; died in 1656.
8. Francesca Catherine Of SAVOY was born in 1595; died in 1640.
9. Thomas Francis Prince Of CARIGNANO was born on 21 Dec 1596; died on 22 Jan 1656.
10. Giovanna Of SAVOY was born in 1597.

Emmanuel married Margaret Of FRANCE in 1559. Margaret (daughter of Francis I Of FRANCE and Claude Princess Of FRANCE) was born on 05 Jun 1523; died on 14 Sep 1574. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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harles III of Savoy (October 10, 1486?August 1553), often called Charles the Good, was Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553, although most of his lands were ruled by the French between 1536 and his death.

He was the younger son of Philip (Filippo) the Landless, an aged younger son of the ducal family, and his second wife Claudine de Brosse of the family that unsuccessfully claimed the Duchy of Brittany. His grandparents were Duke Louis of Savoy and Anne of Cyprus. As a child, there were next to no expectations for him to succeed to any monarchy. He was christened as a namesake of the then-reigning Duke, Charles I of Savoy, the Warrior, his first cousin.

However, when ten years old, his father unexpectedly succeeded his great-grandnephew Charles II of Savoy as duke and head of the Savoy dynasty, which had now also received the titles of the kingdoms of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia. However, Charles's father was not the heir general of the deceased duke, only the male heir. Jerusalem, Cyprus and certain other claims and possessions could go to a different heir, and they did, in principle. Charles's father was not ready to relinquish those, and he took such titles to his own titulary, staking a claim.

In 1497, Charles's half-brother Philibert the Handsome succeeded their father as Duke of Savoy, etc. Philibert however died childless in 1504, surprisingly, and now Charles succeeded, at age eighteen.

After 1499, the de jure rights of Jerusalem and Cyprus were lost to the Savoy family. Charles however, as some sort of heir-male, took those titles, which his successors also used. In 1713, Charles's great-great-great-grandson Victor Amadeus II of Savoy received confirmation to that title from the Kings of Spain and France, who also claimed it. The rights, according to succession of heirs general, i.e not excluding female lines, had gone, until Charles's death, to the French lords of La Tremoille, Princes of Talmond and Taranto.
Coat of Arms of the Counts of Savoy
Coat of Arms of the Counts of Savoy

Charles was allied with the Habsburg camp in Western European politics, where Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V battled for ascendancy. He married Beatrice of Portugal (1504-1538), daughter of Manuel I of Portugal and a close relative of the Emperor. They had nine children, but only one child Emanuele Filiberto reached adulthood.

The French invaded his duchy several times, and held almost all of his possessions from 1536 onwards. Thus duke Charles was one of the greatest losers in those struggles of the mighty, the small who was left crushed. He spent the rest of his life practically in exile, at the mercy of relatives.

He was the duke who imprisoned FranÁois Bonivard, the "prisoner of Chillon" in 1530.

Charles married Beatrice Of PORTUGAL. Beatrice (daughter of Manuel I King Of PORTUGAL and Maria Of ARAGON) was born on 31 Dec 1504 in Portugal; died on 08 Jan 1538. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Francois Of Navarre

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Francis I of France (French: FranÁois Ier) (September 12, 1494 ? March 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (le PËre et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547.

Francis I is considered to be France's first Renaissance monarch. His reign saw France make immense cultural advances. He was a contemporary of King Henry VIII of England and of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, his great rivals, and Suleiman the Magnificent, his ally.

rancis I, a member of the Valois Dynasty, was born at Cognac, Charente, the son of Charles d'AngoulÍme (1459 ? January 1, 1496), and of Louise of Savoy (September 11, 1476 ? September 22, 1531). His father, Charles d'AngoulÍme, was the cousin of King Louis XII. In 1498, the four-year-old Francis, already Count of AngoulÍme, was created Duke of Valois. He was the heir presumptive of Louis XII, who did not succeed in siring sons with any of his three wives. Young Francis was, by instigation of King Louis, in 1506 betrothed and on 18 May 1514 married, to Claude of France (1499-1524), the daughter of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany and heiress of Brittany. Because of the Salic Law that stated that women could not inherit the throne of France, the throne passed to Francis I at the death of Louis XII, as he was the descendant of the eldest surviving male line of the Capetian Dynasty. Claude of France became queen consort.

When young Francis ascended the throne in 1515, he was already a king with unprecedented humanist credentials. While his two predecessors, Charles VIII and Louis XII, had spent much of their reigns concerned with Italy they did not much embrace the new intellectual movements coming out of it. Both monarchs continued in the same patterns of behavior that had dominated the French monarchy for centuries. They are considered the last of the medieval French monarchs, but they did lay the groundwork for the Renaissance to come into full swing in France.

Contact between the French and Italians in the long running series of wars under Charles and Louis had brought new ideas to France by the time the young Francis was receiving his education. Thus a number of his tutors, such as Desmoulins, his Latin instructor, and Christophe de Longeuil were schooled in the new ways of thinking and they attempted to imbue Francis with it. Francis' mother also had a great interest in Renaissance art, which she passed down to her son. One certainly cannot say that Francis received a humanist education; most of his teachers had not yet been affected by the Renaissance. One can, however, state that he clearly received an education more oriented towards humanism than any previous French king.

Francis' legacy is a mixed one. He achieved great cultural feats, but they came at the expense of France's economic well being.

The persecution of the Protestants was to lead France into decades of civil war, which did not end until 1598 with the Edict of Nantes.

Francis I died at the Ch‚teau de Rambouillet and is interred with his first wife, Claude de France, Duchess of Bretagne, in Saint Denis Basilica. He was succeeded by his son, Henry II.

Francis married Claude Princess Of FRANCE on 18 May 1514. Claude (daughter of Louis XII King Of FRANCE and Anne Of BRITTANY) was born on 14 Oct 1499; died on 20 Jul 1524. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]