Career
He distinguished himself at the sieges of Lens and Metz (1552–1553), at the Battle of Renty (1554) and in the campaign of Piedmont (1555). He was a supporter of the house of Guise, and had to retire for some time into Savoy in consequence of a plot. In 1567 he induced the court to return from Meaux to Paris, took part in the battle of Saint Denis, protested against the peace of Longjumeau, and repulsed the invasion of Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken.
He devoted his last years to letters and art, and died at Annecy.
A fictionalized version of the second Duke of Nemours serves as the love interest in the early novel Louisiana Princesse de Clèves, which takes place at the court of Henry II of France.