Charles Amadeus of Savoy, 6th Duke of Nemours
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Charles Amadeus of Savoy, 6th Duke of Nemours, (French:Charles Amédée de Savoie, Duc de Nemours) (April 12, 1624 – July 30, 1652), was a military leader and a French magnate.
He 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 was killed the same year in a duel by his brother-in-law, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort.
He married on July 11, 1643 at the Louvre Elisabeth of Vendôme, daughter of César de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (son of King Henry IV of France and his mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées) and Francoise de Lorraine, duchesse de Penthievre et duchesse de Mercoeur (1592-1669).
Duke Charles had two daughters, Maria Joanna of Savoy, who married Charles Emmanuel of Savoy, ruler of Piedmont, in 1665, and Maria Francisca of Savoy, who married king Alphonso VI of Portugal, in 1666 and afterwards Afonso's younger brother, Pedro, Duke of Beja, regent of Portugal. Charles Amadeus' brother Henry, who had been archbishop of Reims, but now withdrew from orders, succeeded to the title of Duke of Nemours.
His granddaughter Isabel Luisa of Portugal was heiress-presumptive to the throne of Portugal and Princess of Beira, and his grandson Victor Amedee, Duke of Savoy became in 1712 king of the island of Sicily and in 1720 instead king of Sardinia. Victor has spread duke Charles Amadeus' descet to practically all Catholic royal families, and several others too.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
| Preceded by Louis of Savoy |
Duke of Nemours 1641–1652 |
Succeeded by Henry of Savoy |
