Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie-Nemours
Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie-Nemours (born February 12, 1567 at Nanteuil Castle in Nanteuil-le-Haudouin , † August 13, 1595 in Annecy ) was Duke of Geneva and Duke of Nemours from 1585 to 1595.
biography
Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie was the eldest son of Jacques de Savoie-Nemours , Duke of Geneva and Nemours, and Anne d'Este , through his mother the half-brother of Henri I de Lorraine, duc de Guise and Louis de Lorraine-Guise , Archbishop of Reims , who were murdered at Blois Castle on December 23 and 24, 1588 , respectively. Since the Duke of Guise was one of the leaders of the Catholic League , Charles-Emmanuel could hardly avoid getting drawn into the intrigues and clashes of the Huguenot Wars .
On November 24, 1588 he was appointed the 13th governor of the Lyonnais . After the murder of his half-brothers in December by the men of King Henry III. Charles-Emmanuel was imprisoned by the Huguenots, but was able to escape.
In September 1589 he took part in the Battle of Arques , on March 14, 1590 in the Battle of Ivry , which was defeated for the League. Around March 20, 1590 he was appointed governor of Paris by the League , while the royal army, led by Henry IV, besieged the city and interrupted the siege twice.
He fell out with Charles II. De Lorraine, duc de Mayenne , who was also a half-brother of his, and after the defeat of Ivry pursued an understanding with Henry IV. On April 25, 1591, Jean François de Faudoas de Sérillac was appointed the new governor of Paris. Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie retired to the Lyonnais, where he continued to be governor, and which he now sought to make independent of the crown. He was imprisoned by Pierre de Saint-Priest d'Épinac , Archbishop of Lyon (and his predecessor as Governor of Paris) in the Pierre Scize Castle in Lyon (1593), but this time again he managed to escape (1594). He tried to conquer Lyon, but this was prevented by the Connétable de Montmorency .
He died unmarried and without heirs on August 13, 1595 in Annecy at the age of 28. His brother Henri I de Savoie-Nemours , who had joined Henry IV in 1594, succeeded him as Duke of Geneva and Nemours.
literature
- Jean-Hippolyte Mariéjol, Charles-Emmanuel de Savoie duc de Nemours Gouverneur du Lyonnais, Beaujolais et Forez (1567–1595) , Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1938
- Hugh Chisholm (Ed.): Nemours, Lords and Dukes of , Encyclopædia Britannica , 11th Edition, Cambridge University Press , Volume 19, 1911, p. 370 ( wikisource )
Remarks
- ^ Jean Duquesne, Dictionnaire des Gouverneurs de Province , Éditions Christian, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-86496-099-0 , p. 155.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Savoie-Nemours, Charles-Emmanuel de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duke of Geneva, Duke of Nemours |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French nobleman, governor of Paris and Lyonnais |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1567 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nanteuil Castle, Nanteuil-le-Haudouin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1595 |
| Place of death | Annecy |