Charles Amédée DeSavoie Nemours
1624-1652
Born: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Died: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
1624-1652
Born: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Died: Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
<p><font face="times new roman,times">Charles Amadeus of Savoy, 6th Duke of Nemours (April 12, 1624 - July 30, 1652) was a French military leader and magnate.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">He was the younger son of Henry of Savoy and a brother of Louis of Savoy.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">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, Francois de Vendome, duc de Beaufort.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Charles Amadeus' brother Henry, who had been archbishop of Reims, withdrew from orders in order to succeed him to the title of Duke of Nemours.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">He married on July 11, 1643 at the Louvre, Elisabeth de Bourbon-Vendome, the daughter of the Duc de Vendome, the illegitimate son of King Henry IV of France and his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrees. Her mother was the wealthy heiress, Francois de Lorraine, Duchess de Mercoeur et de Penthievre (1592 - 1669), the daughter of Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Duke Charles had two daughters,</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Marie-Jeanne-Baptiste de Nemours (1644 - 1724), who married Charles Emmanuel of Savoy, ruler of Piedmont, in 1665.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">Marie-Francoise de Nemours (1646 - 1683), who married king Alphonso VI of Portugal, in 1666 and afterwards Afonso's younger brother, Pedro, Duke of Beja, regent of Portugal.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">His granddaughter Isabel Luisa of Portugal was heiress-presumtive 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. Descendants of Victor Amedee are represented in practically all Catholic royal families of Europe.</font></p><p> </p><p> </p>