Marie de Bourbon (3 May 1606 – 3 June 1692) was the wife of
Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano
Thomas Francis of Savoy, 1st Prince of Carignano (; ; 21 December 1596 – 22 January 1656) was an Italian military commander and the founder of the Carignano branch of the House of Savoy, which reigned as kings of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1831 ...
, and thus a
princess of Savoy by marriage. At the death of her brother in 1641, she became
Countess of Soissons This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons (french: Comte de Soissons) and ruled Soissons and its ''civitas'' or diocese as a county in the Middle Ages. The title continued in use into modern times, but without ties to the actual ...
in her own right, passing the title down three generations of the
House of Savoy
The House of Savoy ( it, Casa Savoia) was a royal dynasty that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, the family grew in power from ruling a small Alpine county north-west of Italy to absolute rule of ...
.
Biography
Marie de Bourbon, born at the ''
Hôtel de Soissons
The Hôtel de Soissons was a ''hôtel particulier'' (grand house) built in Paris, France, between 1574 and 1584 for Catherine de' Medici (1519–89) by the architect Jean Bullant (1515–78).
It replaced a series of earlier buildings on the same s ...
'' in Paris, was the second daughter and youngest child of
Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons, and his wife
Anne de Montafié
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...
. At the court of
Louis XIII
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown ...
, who was her second cousin, Marie enjoyed the rank of ''
princesse du sang''. She was a sister of
Louise de Bourbon, Duchess of Longueville. Originally placed in the
Abbey of Fontevraud
The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: ''abbaye de Fontevraud'') was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French duchy of Anjou. It was founded in 1101 by the itinerant preache ...
in Anjou, she took the habit on 10 April 1610 aged just four.
On 6 January 1625, Marie was married to Thomas Francis, ninth child of
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
Charles Emmanuel I ( it, Carlo Emanuele di Savoia; 12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630. He was nicknamed (, in context "the Hot-Headed") for his rashness and military aggression.
Being ...
, and his wife
Catherine Michaela of Austria. It was arranged that Thomas, as son of a reigning monarch, would hold the rank of first among the ''
princes étrangers'' at the French court – taking precedence even before the formerly all-powerful
House of Guise
The House of Guise (pronunciation: ¡É¥iz Dutch: ''Wieze, German: Wiese'') was a prominent French noble family, that was involved heavily in the French Wars of Religion. The House of Guise was the founding house of the Principality of Joinvil ...
, whose kinship to the sovereign
Duke of Lorraine
The rulers of Lorraine have held different posts under different governments over different regions, since its creation as the kingdom of Lotharingia by the Treaty of Prüm, in 855. The first rulers of the newly established region were kings of ...
was more remote. He was appointed
Grand Master of France
The Grand Master of France (french: Grand Maître de France) was, during the and Bourbon Restoration in France, one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France and head of the "", the king's royal household. The position is similar to that of L ...
of the king's household, briefly replacing the traitorous
Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé. He engaged the services of the distinguished grammarian and courtier
Claude Favre de Vaugelas
Claude Favre de Vaugelas (6 January 1585 – 26 February 1650) was a Savoyard grammarian and man of letters. Although a lifelong courtier, Claude Favre was widely known by the name of one of the landed estates he owned as '' seigneur'' of Va ...
as tutor for his children.
After Thomas, the senior branch of his descendants
repatriated
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to Savoy, alternately marrying French, Italian and German princesses.
After the
Bourbons
The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a European dynasty of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Navarre in the 16th century. By the 18th century, members of the Spani ...
obtained the French crown and the
Princes de Condé
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and their
heirs apparent
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became known (by right of their rank as ''
First Prince of the Blood''), respectively, as ''Monsieur le Prince'' and ''Monsieur le Duc'', Charles came to be
styled ''Monsieur le Comte'' at court. That
honorific
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was borne also by his son Louis and, subsequently, by the
Savoy-Carignano
The House of Savoy-Carignano ( it, Savoia-Carignano; french: Savoie-Carignan) originated as a cadet branch of the House of Savoy. It was founded by Thomas Francis of Savoy, Prince of Carignano (1596–1656), an Italian military commander who was t ...
counts of Soissons, who inherited the countship from Charles's daughter, Marie, princesse de Carignano, even though they ranked as ''
princes étrangers'' in France rather than as ''princes du sang''.
At the death of her older brother
Louis de Bourbon Louis de Bourbon may refer to:
* Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (1279 – 1342), Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis and La Marche, and the first Duke of Bourbon
* Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, called the Good (1337 – 1410), third Duke of Bourbon
* Louis de ...
(6 July 1641), Marie was named his heir and became the
Countess of Soissons This is a list of those who bore the title Count of Soissons (french: Comte de Soissons) and ruled Soissons and its ''civitas'' or diocese as a county in the Middle Ages. The title continued in use into modern times, but without ties to the actual ...
''
suo jure
''Suo jure'' is a Latin phrase, used in English to mean 'in his own right' or 'in her own right'. In most nobility-related contexts, it means 'in her own right', since in those situations the phrase is normally used of women; in practice, especi ...
''. She lived in her native France with her husband and resided at the Hôtel de Soissons where she was born. It was Marie who built the small ''
Château de Bagnolet'' in Paris; at her death the building was acquired by the ''
Ferme générale
The ''ferme générale'' (, "general farm") was, in ''ancien régime'' France, essentially an outsourced customs, excise and indirect tax operation. It collected duties on behalf of the King (plus hefty bonus fees for themselves), under renewable ...
'' François Le Juge. In 1719 it became the property of
Françoise Marie de Bourbon
Françoise Marie de Bourbon (''Légitimée de France''; 4 May 1677 1 February 1749) was the youngest illegitimate daughter of King Louis XIV of France and his ''maîtresse-en-titre'', Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montes ...
. Marie and her daughter helped to raise the famous soldier
Prince Eugene of Savoy
Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy–Carignano, (18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736) better known as Prince Eugene, was a Generalfeldmarschall, field marshal in the army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty during the 17th a ...
. She died in Paris.
Issue
#Princess Cristine Charlotte of Savoy (1626).
#
Princess Louise of Savoy
it, Luisa Cristina di Savoia
, spouse = Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden
, issue = Louis, Margrave of Baden-Baden
, house = House of Savoy (by birth) House of Zähringen (by marriage)
, father = Thomas Fr ...
(1627–1689) married in 1654 to
Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden
Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden, ''Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden'' (23 September 1625 – 4 November 1669) was the father of the famous general Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
Born in Baden-Baden, he was the oldest son of Wil ...
.
#
Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano
french: Emmanuel Philibert de Savoie
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Moutiers, France
, death_date =
, death_place = Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Italy
, spouse = Maria Angela Caterina d'Este
, issue-link = #Marriage and issue
, hou ...
(1628–1709) married
Maria Angela Caterina d'Este
Maria Angela Caterina d'Este (1 March 1656 – 16 July 1722) was an Italian-born Princess of Modena who was later the Princess of Carignano by marriage. She was the wife of Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, ...
#Prince Amedeo of Savoy (1629).
#Joseph Emmanuel, Count of Soissons (1631–1656).
#
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons
Eugene Maurice of Savoy-Carignano (French: ''Eugène Maurice de Savoie-Carignan''; 2 March 1635 – 6 June 1673) was a Franco-Italian nobleman and general. A count of Soissons, he was the father of imperial field-marshal Prince Eugene of Savoy.
...
(1633–1673) married
Olympia Mancini
Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (French: ''Olympe Mancini''; 11 July 1638 – 9 October 1708) was the second-eldest of the five celebrated Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of Ki ...
.
#Prince Ferdinand of Savoy (1637).
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Marie
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Counts of Soissons
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Marie
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Marie
Marie may refer to:
People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tr ...
Marie
Marie may refer to:
People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tr ...