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See also: Philip, duke of
See also: Savoy, and See also: brother of Louise of Savoy, See also: mother of See also: Francis I. of See also: France
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Originally destined for the priesthood, he was given the bishopric of See also: Geneva at the age of five, but resigned it in 1510, when he was made count of Genevois
.
He served under See also: Louis XII., with whom he was
See also: present at the See also: battle of Agnadello (1509), under the emperor See also: Charles V. in 1520, and finally under his
See also: nephew, Francis I
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In 1528 Francis gave him the duchy of Nemours and married him to See also: Charlotte of See also: Orleans-Longueville
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He died on the 25th of
See also: November 1533•
His son, See also: JAMES (1J31-1585), became duke of Nemours in 1533
.
He distinguished himself at the sieges of
See also: Lens and See also: Metz (1552-1553), at the battle of Renty (1554) and in the See also: campaign of Piedmont (1555)
.
He was a supporter of the Guises, and had to retire for some See also: time into Savoy in consequence of a See also: plot
.
On his return to France he fought the See also: Huguenots, and signalized himself by his successes in See also: Dauphine and Lyonnais
.
In 1567 he induced the See also: court to return from See also: Meaux to See also: Paris, took See also: part in the battle of See also: Saint Denis, protested against the See also: peace of Longjumeau, and repulsed the invasion of Wolfgang, count palatine of See also: Zweibrucken
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He devoted his last years to letters and See also: art, and died at See also: Annecy on the 15th of See also: June 1585
.
By his wife See also: Anne of See also: Este, the widow of Francis, duke of See also: Guise, the duke See also: left a son, CHARLES See also: EMMANUEL (1567-1595), who in his youth was called See also: prince of Genevois
.
Involved in See also: political intrigues by his relationship with the Guises, he was imprisoned after the assassination of See also: Henry, duke of Guise, and his brother the
See also: cardinal of See also: Lorraine, in 1588, but contrived to escape
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He fought at Ivry and Arqucs, and was governor of Paris when it was besieged by Henry IV . After quarrelling with hisSee also: half-brother Charles of Lorraine, duke of See also: Mayenne, he withdrew to his See also: government of Lyonnais, where he endeavoured to make himself See also: independent
.
He was imprisoned, however, in the chateau of See also: Pierre-Encise by the archbishop of See also: Lyons
.
After his escape he attacked Lyons, but was defeated owingto the intervention of the See also: constable de Montmorency
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He died at Annecy in See also: July 1595
.
His brother HENRY (1572-1632), called originally See also: marquis de Saint-Sorlin, succeeded him as duke
.
In 1588 he took the marquisate of See also: Saluzzo from the French for his See also: cousin, the duke of Savoy
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The princes of Guise, his half-See also: brothers, induced him to join the See also: League, and in 1591 he was made governor of Dauphine in the name of that faction
.
He made his submission to Henry IV. in 1596
.
After quarrelling with the duke of Savoy he withdrew to See also: Burgundy and joined the Spaniards in their war against Savoy
.
After peace had been proclaimed on the ,4th of November 1616, he retired to the French court
.
He died in 1632, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Louis, and on the See also: death of the latter in 1641 by his second son, CHARLES AMADEUS (1624-1652), who served in the army of See also: Flanders in 1645, and in the following See also: year commanded the See also: light cavalry at the siege of Courtrai
.
In 1652 he took part in the war of the See also: Fronde, and fought at Bleneau and at the See also: Faubourg St See also: Antoine, where he was wounded
.
On the 3oth of July of the same year he was killed in a duel by his brother-in-See also: law, See also: Francois de See also: Vendome, duke of See also: Beaufort
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He had two daughters, See also: Marie Jeanne See also: Baptiste (d
.
1724), who married Charles Emmanuel of Savoy in 1665; and Marie Frangoise Elisabeth, who married See also: Alphonso VI., See also: king of
See also: Portugal, in 1666
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His brother Henry (1625-1659), who had been archbishop of See also: Reims, but now withdrew from orders, succeeded to the title
.
In 1657 he married MARIE D'ORLEANS-LONGUEVILLE (1625-1707), daughter of Henry II. of Orleans, duke of Longueville
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This duchess of Nemours is a famous personage
.
At an early age she was involved in the first Fronde, which was directed by her See also: father and her stepmother
.
Anne Genevieve de Bourbon-Conde, the celebrated duchesse de Longueville; and when her See also: husband died in 1659, leaving her childless, the rest of her See also: life was mainly spent in contesting her See also: inheritance with her stepmother
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She left some interesting Memoires, which are published by C
.
B
.
Petitot in the Collection See also: complete See also: des memoires (1819-1829)
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