Charles Amadeus Duke of NEMOURS

1624 - 1652  (28 years)

• Name	Charles Amadeus Duke of NEMOURS  [1]
  	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 of Lorraine. He was a younger brother of Louis of Savoy, 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.[3] 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 Merc?ur. 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 Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, in 1665, and had issue;[2] Stillborn child Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy, Mademoiselle d'Aumale (1646?1683), who married king Alphonso VI of Portugal, in 1666 and afterwards Alphonso's younger brother, Pedro, Duke of Beja, regent of Portugal, and had issue.[2] 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.[4][5] 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] [1]
  Birth	12 Apr 1624	Paris, France   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Jul 1652	Paris, France   [1]
  Person ID	I96364	Main Tree
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Henri I Duke of NEMOURS,   b. 2 Nov 1572, Paris d. 10 Jul 1632, Paris (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Anne DE LORRAINE,   b. 1600   d. 1638 (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elisabeth DE BOURBON,   b. Aug 1614, Paris, France d. 19 May 1664, Paris, France (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	11 Jul 1643  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Marie Jeanne Baptiste of SAVOY-NEMOURS,   b. 11 Apr 1644   d. 15 Mar 1724 (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2019

  
  

• Sources

  [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.