Charles Emmanuel I, Duke o Savoy

Charles Emmanuel I
Duke o Savoy
Duke o Savoy
Ring	30 August 1580 – 26 July 1630
Predecessor	Emmanuel Philibert
Successor	Victor Amadeus I
Born	12 Januar 1562 Castle o Rivoli, Rivoli, Piedmont, Italy
Dee'd	26 Julie 1630(1630-07-26) (aged 68) Savigliano, Piedmont
Spouse	Catherina Micaela o Austrick (m. 1584; d. 1597) Marguerite de Rossillon (m. 1629)
Issue	Victor Amadeus I Prince Emanuel Filibert Margarida Isabella, Hereditary Princess o Modena Cardinal Maurizio Thomas Francis, Prince o Carignano
Full name Carlo Emanuele di Savoia
Hoose	Savoy (main line)
Faither	Emmanuel Philibert, Duke o Savoy
Mither	Marguerite o Fraunce
Releegion	Roman Catholicism

Charles Emmanuel I, Duke o Savoy 12 Januar 1562 – 26 Julie 1630) kent as "The Great" wis the Duke o Savoy frae 1580 tae 1630. cried Testa d'feu ("the Hot-Headed") for his rashness an military aggression. His youngest son wis created the Prince o Carignano which became a cadet branch o the Hoose o Savoy.

First mairiage

He mairit Caterina Micaela o Austrick, youngest surviving dochter o Philip II o Spain an Elisabeth o Fraunce (Valois), she wis the sister o Isabel Clara Eugenia, Governor o the Habsburg Netherlands. it took place in Zaragoza on 11 Mairch 1585 an the couple made their entrance to Turin in Savoy 10 August 1585.

Issue

1. Philip Emanuel, Prince o Piedmont (8 Aprile 1586 - 9 Februar 1605) died young.
2. Victor Amadeus I, Duke o Savoy (8 Mey 1587 - 7 October 1637),
3. Emanuel Filibert o Savoy, (Aprile 16 1588 – August 4 1624) viceroy o Sicily.
4. Margaret o Savoy (28 Aprile 1589 - 26 Juin 1655);, mairit Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke o Mantua
5. Princess Isabella o Savoy (11 Mairch 1591 - 22 August 1626) mairit Alfonso III d'Este, Duke o Modena
6. Maurice, a cardinal (10 Januar 1593 - 4 October 1657) cried the "Cardinal o Savoy" mairit Princess Luisa Cristina o Savoy.
7. Maria Apollonia o Savoy (8 Februar 1594 - 13 Julie 1656) nun.
8. Francesca Caterina o Savoy (6 October 1595 - 20 October 1640); nun.
9. Thomas Francis o Savoy, Prince o Carignano 21 December 1596 – 22 Januar 1656) Foondit the Carignano branch o the Hoose o Savoy. Marit Marie de Bourbon an haed issue.

• Anna (born 1597)

Second mairiage

In Riva di Chieri on 28 November 1629, he secretly mairit his long-time an official mistress, Marguerite de Rossillon, Marchesa (Marquise) o Riva di Chieri. They haed four childer.

Ither wabsteids

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