Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours

Charles Amadeus
Duke of Nemours
Spouse	Élisabeth de Bourbon-Vendôme
Issue	Marie Jeanne, Duchess of Savoy Marie Françoise, Queen of Portugal
House	House of Savoy
Father	Henri of Savoy, Duc de Nemours
Mother	Anne de Lorraine-Aumale
Born	(1624-04-12)12 April 1624 Paris, France
Died	30 July 1652(1652-07-30) (aged 28) Paris, France
Burial	Notre Dame d'Annecy, Annecy
Religion	Roman Catholic

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 de Lorraine-Aumale. He was a younger brother of Louis of Savoy-Nemours, 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.

He married on July 11, 1643 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 five children, two daughters and three sons. Only his 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]
• 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]

Charles Amadeus was killed by his brother-in-law, François de Vendôme, Duke of Beaufort in a duel in 1652.^[3][4] 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.^[2]

Ancestry

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

• Oresko, Robert (2004). "Maria Giovanna Battista of Savoy-Nemours (1644-1724): daughter, consort, and Regent of Savoy". In Campbell Orr, Clarissa. Queenship in Europe 1660-1815: The Role of the Consort. Cambridge University Press. pp. 16–55. ISBN 0-521-81422-7.