What is Élisabeth of Bourbon?
{{Infobox Royalty | name = Élisabeth | title = [[Duchess of Nemours]] | image = Élisabeth de Vendôme, duchesse de Nemours.jpg | birth_date = August 1614 | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[Kingdom of France|France]] | death_date = 19 May 1664 | death_place = Paris, France | spouse = {{marriage|[[Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours]]|1643|1652|end=d}} | issue = {{Plainlist| * [[Marie Jeanne of Savoy|Marie Jeanne, Duchess of Savoy]] * [[Maria Francisca of Savoy|Marie Françoise, Queen of Portugal]] }} | full name = Élisabeth de Bourbon | house = [[House of Bourbon-Vendôme|Bourbon-Vendôme]] | father =[[César, Duke of Vendôme|César de Bourbon]] | mother = [[Françoise of Lorraine]] | religion = [[Roman Catholicism]] }} '''Élisabeth de Bourbon''' (August 1614 – 19 May 1664) was a granddaughter of [[Henry IV of France|King Henry IV of France]]. ==Biography== [[File:Coat of arms of Élisabeth de Bourbon as Duchess of Nemours.png|left|100px]] Élisabeth was born in Paris. Her father was [[César, Duke of Vendôme|César de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme]], legitimised son of King Henry IV of France and his official mistress [[Gabrielle d'Estrées]]. Her mother was Princess [[Françoise of Lorraine]] (1592–1669), daughter and heiress of [[Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercœur]], himself a rival of Henry IV. Her mother was the Duchess of Mercœur and [[Counts and dukes of Penthièvre|Penthièvre]] in her own right and was the greatest heiress of her time. Styled as ''Mademoiselle de Vendôme'' prior to marriage, she was the second of three children; she had two brothers, the Frondeur [[François de Bourbon, Duke of Beaufort|François de Bourbon]], [[Duke of Beaufort]] and [[Louis, Duke of Vendôme|Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme]] whose wife [[Laura Mancini]] was a niece of [[Cardinal Mazarin]]. They were the parents of [[Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme|Louis Joseph de Bourbon]], a very successful military commander and a [[Marshal of France]]. On 11 July 1643 at the [[Louvre]], ''Mademoiselle de Vendôme'' married [[Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours|Cha