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 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 actu ...
, he was the father of imperial field-marshal
Prince Eugene of Savoy.
Biography
Eugene Maurice was born in
Chambéry
Chambéry (, , ; Arpitan: ''Chambèri'') is the prefecture of the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. The population of the commune of Chambéry was 58,917 as of 2019, while the population of the Chamb ...
,
Savoy. He was son 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
Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons
Marie de Bourbon (3 May 1606 – 3 June 1692) was the wife of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, and thus a princess of Savoy by marriage. At the death of her brother in 1641, she became Countess of Soissons in her own right, passing the titl ...
. He was grandson 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
Catherine Micaela of Austria.
On 21 February 1657 he married the "beautiful and witty"
Olimpia Mancini, a niece of cardinal
Mazarin, daughter of Michele Mancini and Geronima Mazarini.
He obtained high military posts through his wife's influence. He played a role in defeating the Spaniards at the
battle of the Dunes in 1658. He took part in the campaigns at Flanders (1667), Franche-Comté (1668) and Holland (1672); and was present as ambassador extraordinary of France at the coronation of
Charles II of England.
He died at
Unna
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The newly refurbished Unna station has trains to all major cities in North Rhine Westphalia including Dortmund, Cologne, Münster, Hamm, ...
in
Westphalia
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The territory of the regio ...
in 1673, out of a deadly fever, although there were voices that he had been poisoned.
Family
*
Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons
Prince Louis Thomas of Savoy (german: Ludwig Thomas von Savoyen, Graf von Soissons; Italian: ''Luigi Tommaso di Savoia''; 15 December 1657 – 14 August 1702) was a Count of Soissons and Prince of Savoy. He was killed as Feldzeugmeister of ...
(1657–1702) married
Uranie de La Cropte and had issue.
* Philippe, "Abbot of Soissons" (1659–1693) unmarried.
*
Louis Jules, Cavaliere of Savoy (1660–1683) killed at the
battle of Petronell against the
Turks
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known as the ''Cavaliere di Savoia''.
* Emanuel Philibert, Count of Dreux (1662–1676) unmarried.
*
Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736), famous general.
*
Princess Marie Jeanne of Savoy (1665-1705) Mademoiselle de Soissons.
* Princess Louise Philiberte of Savoy (1667–1726) Mademoiselle de Dreux.
* Princess Françoise of Savoy (1668–1671).
Ancestors
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1635 births
1673 deaths
Military personnel from Chambéry
Counts of Soissons
Counts of Dreux
Princes of Savoy
17th-century people from Savoy