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Charles-Amédée de Savoie, duke de Nemours
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Charles-Amédée de Savoie, duke de Nemours

French duke
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Charles-Amédée de Savoie, duke de Nemours (born April 1624—died July 30, 1652, Paris, France) was the duke de Nemours, son of Henri I de Savoie and ducal successor to his short-lived brother, Louis de Savoie. Charles-Amédée married Elisabeth de Bourbon, daughter of the Duke de Vendome, in 1643. He commanded troops in the wars against the Spaniards in Flanders in 1645–46, fighting in many battles and being wounded in the leg at the Battle of...

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