Philip of Savoy-Nemours

Philip of Savoy-Nemours (* 1490 ; † November 25, 1533 in Marseille ) was bishop of Geneva from 1495 to 1509 and Duke of Nemours from 1528 .

Life

Philip was the son of Duke Philip II of Savoy and his second wife Claude, a daughter of Jean II. De Brosse . The Geneva bishops Peter von Savoyen , Johann Ludwig von Savoyen and Franz von Savoyen were brothers of his father. King Franz I of France was the son of Philip's sister Luise .

From May 2, 1494 to 1509, Philipp was provost of the hospice on the Great St. Bernard , on July 4, 1495 the Geneva cathedral chapter elected him bishop. Pope Alexander VI confirmed the election the following year and appointed Cardinal Domenico della Rovere as administrator of the diocese. Domenico was followed in 1497 by the Bishop of Lausanne , Aymon de Montfalcon , as administrator. Philip renounced the diocese in 1509 and was returned to lay status.

His brother, Duke Charles III. awarded him the Genevois as an appanage . Philip first entered the service of Emperor Charles V and then served his nephew, the French King Francis I, who awarded him the Duchy of Nemours in 1528 .

On September 17, 1528, Philip married Charlotte von Orléans , the daughter of Duke Louis I of Orléans, Duke of Longueville. They had two children:

1. Jacob of Savoy-Nemours (1531–1585), Duke of Nemours ∞ Anna d'Este (1531–1607)
2. Johanna (1532–1568) ∞ Nicolas de Lorraine-Mercœur (1524–1577), Duke of Mercœur

Philip died on November 25, 1533 in Marseille and was buried in the Notre-Dame-de-Liesse church in Annecy .

literature

• Louis Binz: Les évêques du diocèse de Genève (verse 400–1543). In: Louis Binz, Jean Emery, Catherine Santschi: Le diocèse de Genève. L'archidiocèse de Vienne en Dauphiné (= Helvetia Sacra . Dept. I / 3). Bern 1980, pp. 109-110.

Web links

Charles Cawley: MedLands Project. SAVOY ; accessed on January 2, 2018.

predecessor	Office	successor
Antoine Champion	Bishop of Geneva 1495–1509	Charles de Seyssel
–––	Duke of Nemours 1528–1533	Jacob of Savoy-Nemours