Editing Counts and dukes of Nevers (section)

==Dukes of Nevers==
[[File:F06.Nevers.Palais Ducal.1161.JPG|thumb|The [[Palais ducal de Nevers|Ducal Palace]] in [[Nevers]]]]
In 1539 the county of Nevers was raised to a duchy.{{sfn|Antonetti|2000|p=39}}
*[[François I, Duke of Nevers|François I]] (1539–1561) (His mother, [[Marie of Albret]] (d. 1549), widow of Charles II, also took the title in 1539, even though it was her son and his wife who became the actual duke and duchess.)
*[[François_II,_Duke_of_Nevers|François II]] (1561–1563)
*[[Jacques, Duke of Nevers|Jacques]] (1563–1564), his brother
*[[Henriette of Cleves|Henriette]] (1564–1601), his sister
**[[Louis de Gonzague, Duke of Nevers|Louis]] (1566–1595), her husband
*[[Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua|Charles III]] (1595–1637), also [[Duke of Mantua]] (1627–1637)
*[[Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat|Charles IV]] (1637–1659), also [[Duke of Mantua]] (1637–1665), sold the Duchies of Nevers and [[Counts and dukes of Rethel|Rethel]] in 1659 to Cardinal Mazarin
*[[Jules Mazarin|Cardinal Mazarin]] (1659–1661)
*[[Philippe Jules Mancini|Philippe Jules]] (1661–1707), his nephew
*[[Philippe Jules François Mancini, Duke of Nevers|Philippe Jules François]] (1707–1768)
*[[Louis Jules Mancini Mazarini|Louis-Jules]] (1768–1798)