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Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie, prince de Genevois and duc de Nemours ( c. 1567 –13 August 1595) was a French prince étranger, governor, military commander and rebel during the latter French Wars of Religion. The eldest son of Jacques de Savoie and Anne d'Este, Nemours was a member of a prominent princely family. He entered French political at ...
Jun 27, 2024 · Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie, duke de Nemours was the duke de Nemours and the eldest son of the former duke, Jacques de Savoie. A supporter of the Holy League sponsored by the Roman Catholic Guises, he was appointed governor of Lyonnais just before he was arrested at Blois in King Henry III’s coup
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Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie, prince de Genevois and duc de Nemours was a French prince étranger, governor, military commander and rebel during the latter French Wars of Religion. The eldest son of Jacques de Savoie and Anne d'Este, Nemours was a member of a prominent princely family. He entered French political at the age of 18 as a partisan of the second Catholic ligue, rallying cavalry to ...
Charles Emmanuel I (Italian: Carlo Emanuele di Savoia; 12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 30 August 1580 until his death almost 50 years later in 1630, he was the longest reigning Savoyard monarch at the time, only for his record to be surpassed by his great-grandson, Victor Amadeus II.
Charles Emmanuel de Savoie, 3rd Duc de Nemours was the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anne of Este, the widow of Francis, Duke of Guise. As a child he was known as the prince of Genevois. He was the Duke of Nemours from 1585 to his death in 1595, during the French Wars of Religion.
Jacques de Savoie, duc de Nemours (12 October 1531 – 15 June 1585) [1] was a French military commander, governor and Prince Étranger. Having inherited his titles at a young age, Nemours fought for king Henri II during the latter Italian Wars, seeing action at the siege of Metz and the stunning victories of Renty and Calais in 1554 and 1558.
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Charles-Emmanuel naît le 12 février 1567, au château de Nanteuil, en Picardie. Il est le fils aîné de Jacques, duc de Genève et de Nemours, et d' Anne d'Este . Il est duc durant les guerres de religion, et est de ce fait impliqué dans plusieurs intrigues, le plus souvent avec la maison de Guise, car le duc Henri Ier le Balafré est son ...
