Elisabeth de Bourbon-Vendôme

Elisabeth de Bourbon-Vendôme (August 1614 – May 19, 1664), was a granddaughter of Henry IV, King of France and an ancestor of many European Royals.

Elisabeth was born in Paris. Her father was César de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme, legitimized son of King Henry IV of France and his official mistress Gabrielle d'Estrées. Her mother was Françoise de Lorraine, Duchesse de Mercoeur et de Penthièvre (1592 - 1669), daughter and heiress of Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, who was a rival of Henry IV.

On July 11, 1643 at the Louvre, Mademoiselle de Vendôme married Charles Amadeus of Savoy, 6th Duke of Nemours.

They had two daughters who would marry the heirs to the thrones of Piedmont and Portugal, and three sons who died shortly after birth.
#Marie-Jeanne-Baptiste de Nemours (1644-1724), who married Charles Emmanuel of Savoy, ruler of Piedmont in 1665.
#Marie-Françoise de Nemours (1646-1683), who married king Alphonso VI of Portugal, in 1666 and afterwards Afonso's younger brother, Pedro, Duke of Beja, regent of Portugal.
#Joseph (1649 - 1649)
#Francis (1650 - 1650)
#Charles Amadeus (1651 - 1651)

In 1652, Elisabeth's husband the Duke of Nemours was killed by her brother François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort in a duel. Elisabeth herself died in Paris.

Elisabeth was an ancestor of both Louis XV of France and Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, and thus of the Royal Houses of France and Italy.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Elisabeth of Vendôme
2= 2. César I, Duke of Vendôme, Beaufort and Étampes
3= 3. Françoise, Duchess of Mercoeur and of Penthièvre
4= 4. Henry IV of France
5= 5. Gabrielle d'Estrées
6= 6. Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur
7= 7. Marie of Luxembourg, Duchess of Penthièvre
8= 8. Anthony, Duke of Vendôme
9= 9. Jeanne III of Navarre
10= 10. Antoine d'Estrées
11= 11. Françoise Babou
12= 12. Nicholas, Duke of Mercoeur
13= 13. Joanna of Savoy-Nemours
14= 14. Sebastien, Duke of Penthievre
15= 15. Marie de Beaucaire
16= 16. Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme
17= 17. Françoise of Alençon
18= 18. Henry II of Navarre
19= 19. Marguerite of Navarre
20= 20.
21= 21.
22= 22.
23= 23.
24= 24. Antoine, Duke of Lorraine
25= 25. Renée of Bourbon-Montpensier
26= 26. Philip of Savoy, Duke of Nemours
27= 27. Charlotte of Orleans-Longueville
28= 28. François de Luxembourg, vicomte de Martigues
29= 29. Charlotte de Brosse
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31= 31.