XeTeX ⇒ fontspec | Use Font in "home" Directory

[AleCes]

I've got to test a new build of FreeSerif, which is installed by default in /usr/share/fonts, I cannot remove the old version because there are too many dependencies, too much of trouble. So I manually installed the newer version in ~/.fonts
Following the fontspec manual, I thought such a line might be OK:

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\fontspec[Path= ~/.fonts/, BoldFont=*Bold, ItalicFont=*Italic, BoldItalicFont=*BoldItalic]{FreeSerif}

But I keep on getting fontspec warnings that the font does not exist!