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Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie, duke de Nemours
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Born:
1567
Died:
July 1595 (aged 28)
Political Affiliation:
Holy League
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Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie, duke de Nemours

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Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie, duke de Nemours (born 1567ā€”died July 1595) 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 IIIā€™s coup against the Guises (1588), when the Duc de Guise was assassinated. Escaping to Paris, Nemours quarrelled with the Duc de Mayenne, withdrew to Lyonnais, took Vienne for the League, but was taken prisoner (1593) by the archbishop of Lyon, Pierre dā€™Epinac. He escaped again but died while preparing a new expedition against Lyon.

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