Henri de Savoie, 4th Duc de Nemours

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Coats of Arms of the Dukes of Savoy after Emmanuel Philibert.

Henri de Savoie, 4th Duke of Nemours (1572–1632), called originally Marquis de Saint-Sorlin, succeeded his brother Charles Emmanuel as Duke of Nemours.

In 1588 he took the marquisate of Saluzzo from the French for his cousin, the duke of Savoy. The princes of Guise, his half-brothers, induced him to join the League, and in 1591 he was made governor of Dauphin in the name of that faction. He made his submission to Henry IV in 1596. After quarrelling with the duke of Savoy he withdrew to Burgundy and joined the Spaniards in their war against Savoy. After peace had been proclaimed on November 14, 1616, he retired to the French court.

After his death, he was succeeded by his eldest son, Louis, and on the death of the latter in 1641 by his second son Charles Amadeus. Both were the sons of his wife Anne de Lorraine-Aumale (1600-1638).