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In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Lordship of Nemours, in the Gatinais, France, was a possession of the house of Villebéon, a member of which, Gautier, was marshal of France in the middle of the 13th century. The lordship was sold to King Philip III of France in 1274 and 1276 by Jean and Philippe de Nemours.
He married Filiberta (1498–1524), daughter of Philip II, Duke of Savoy, on 22 February 1515 at the court of France, [1] thanks to the intercession of his brother Giovanni, now pope as Leo X, in the same year that King Francis I of France (Filiberta's nephew) invested him with the title Duke of Nemours (which had recently reverted once again ...
Jacques de Savoie, duc de Nemours (12 October 1531 – 15 June 1585) [1] was a French military commander, governor and Prince Étranger.Having inherited his titles at a young age, Nemours fought for king Henri II during the latter Italian Wars, seeing action at the siege of Metz and the stunning victories of Renty and Calais in 1554 and 1558.
The Siege of Antwerp by Horace Vernet.Nemours shown with his brother Orléans and the French commander Étienne Maurice Gérard. He was born at the Palais Royal, in Paris.At twelve years of age, he was nominated colonel of the First Regiment of Chasseurs, and in 1830 entered the Chambre des Pairs.
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. [2]Charles Amadeus served in the Army of Flanders in 1645, and in the following year commanded the light cavalry at the siege of Kortrijk.
Ferry Pasté, Lord of Challeranges (died 1247), Marshal of France in 1240; Jean Guillaume de Beaumont (died 1257), Marshal of France in 1250; Henri de Cousances (died 1268), Marshal of France in 1255; Gauthier III, Lord of Nemours (died 1270), Marshal of France in 1257; Henri II Clément, Lord of Le Mez and Argentan (died 1265), Marshal of ...
Gaston de Foix, duc de Nemours (10 December 1489 – 11 April 1512), nicknamed The Thunderbolt of Italy, [1] was a famed French military commander of the Renaissance. Nephew of King Louis XII of France and general of his armies in Italy from 1511 to 1512, he is noted for his military feats in a career which lasted no longer than a few months.
On 19 July the Catholic League promulgated their version of the edict, reinforcing the effects of the Treaty of Nemours. Based on the terms of the accord, all previous edicts granting religious and political concessions to the Huguenots were revoked. In short, the accord forbade the practice of all religions except Roman Catholicism in France.