Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours
| Charles Amadeus | |
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| Duke of Nemours | |
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| Born |
12 April 1624 Paris, France |
| Died | 30 July 1652 (aged 28) Paris, France |
| Burial | Notre Dame d'Annecy, Annecy |
| 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 |
| 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.
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.
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.
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 Mercœur.
Charles Amadeus had several children: two daughters, three sons and a stillborn child of unrecorded gender. Only his two daughters survived him;
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