Charles III, Duke of Savoy

Charles III. Called the Good ( il Buono ) ( II ) (* October 10, 1486 in Chazey -sur- Ain; † August 17, 1553 in Vercelli) was 1504-1553 Duke of Savoy, although the country in the period from 1536 to was ruled to his death by the French crown. He was also titular King of Cyprus and Jerusalem.

Charles was the younger son of Philip II " Lackland " and his second wife Claudine de Brosse, a family that made their claims to the Duchy of Brittany unsuccessfully argued. His grandparents were Ludwig the Elder and Anne of Cyprus; its predecessor Philibert II was a half-brother. He was named after his cousin, the then reigning, Charles I, called "the warrior " named.

When he was ten years old, his father unexpectedly ascended the throne of his great-nephew Charles II Johann Amadeus as Duke and nunmehriges head of the Savoy dynasty, who ruled after the title also of the kingdom of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia. However, the latter empires went to other heirs. However, Charles II retained the title.

1497 ascended the half-brother Charles III. Philibert II " the Fair " the throne of the Father. 1504 Philibert died childless. At age 18, he followed Charles III.

After 1499 the rights to Jerusalem and Cyprus, the Savoy family were lost, took Charles III. the title continues. Only in 1713 was one of the descendants of Charles III. , Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, the confirmation of the kings of Spain and France to continue this item. They had gone with the death of Charles to the French lords of La Trémoille, the Prince of Talmond and Taranto.

Charles III. association in the Italian wars with the Habsburgs. King Francis I of France and Emperor Charles V fought fierce battles. Charles III. eventually married Beatrice of Portugal (1504-1538), the daughter of Manuel I of Portugal, a close relative of the emperor. Beatrix and Charles III. had in common nine children, of whom, however, only one, Emanuele Filiberto, reached the age of majority.

The French overran the duchy in 1536 several times and were able to keep most of the areas to 1559. Other parts of the country also lost to Switzerland. Charles III. therefore spent most of his life in exile.

Charles III. was the one duke, François Bonivard, the Prior of Geneva, 1530 in the Castle of Chillon incarcerated.