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Henri of Savoy (French: Henri de Savoie) (1572–1632) called originally Marquis de Saint-Sorlin was the son of Jacques of Savoy and Anna d’Este the widow of François de Lorraine Duke of Guise. He succeeded his brother Charles Emmanuel as Duke of Nemours.In 1588 he took the marquisate of Saluzzo from the French for his cousin the Duke of Savoy. The princes of Guise his half-brothers induced him to join the League and in 1591 he was made governor of Dauphiné in the name of that faction.
