He was the son of
Henri of Savoy, 3rd Duke of Nemours (1572-1632) and Anne of
Lorraine and the younger brother of
Louis of Savoy, who died in 1641. Charles Amadeus served in the
Army of Flanders in 1645, and in the following year commanded the light cavalry at the siege of
Kortrijk. In 1652 he took part in the
war of the Fronde, and fought at
Bleneau and at the
Faubourg St Antoine, where he was wounded. On 11 July 1643 he married, at the
Louvre,
Élisabeth de Bourbon,
Mademoiselle de Vendôme, the daughter of
César, Duke of Vendôme, the
legitimised son of King
Henry IV of France by his mistress,
Gabrielle d'Estrées. Her mother was the wealthy heiress,
Françoise de Lorraine (1592–1669), the daughter of
Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur. Charles Amadeus had several children: two daughters, three sons and a stillborn child of unrecorded gender. Only his two daughters survived him; •
Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy, Mademoiselle de Nemours (1644–1724), who married
Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, in 1665, and had issue; • Stillborn child •
Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy, ''Mademoiselle d'Aumale'' (1646–1683), who married king
Alphonso VI of Portugal, in 1666 and afterwards Alphonso's younger brother,
Pedro, Duke of Beja, regent of Portugal, and had issue. • Joseph of Savoy (1649–1649) • Francis of Savoy (1650–1650) • Charles Amadeus of Savoy (1651–1651) Charles Amadeus was killed by his brother-in-law,
François de Bourbon, Duke of Beaufort in a duel in 1652. He was buried at the Notre Dame d'Annecy in
Annecy, the capital of the
Genevois, of which the Dukes of Nemours were also counts. Charles Amadeus' brother
Henri, who had been
archbishop of Reims, withdrew from orders in order to succeed him in the title of
Duke of Nemours. ==Ancestry==