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Vittorio Francesco of Savoy (Vittorio Francesco Filippo; 10 December 1694 – 20 March 1762)Christopher Storrs, ''War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690–1720'', (Cambridge University Press, 2004), 196. was the illegitimate son of
Victor Amadeus II had them both legitimised and created them Marquis and Marchesa of Susa. Vittorio had a military career and led the Piedmontese troops against a French-Spanish army in the
Vittorio Francesco of Savoy (Vittorio Francesco Filippo; 10 December 1694 – 20 March 1762)Christopher Storrs, ''War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690–1720'', (Cambridge University Press, 2004), 196. was the illegitimate son of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus II (Vittorio Amedeo Francesco; 14 May 166631 October 1732) was Duke of Savoy from 1675 to 1730. He also held the titles of Prince of Piedmont, Duke of Montferrat, Marquis of Saluzzo and Count of Aosta, Moriana and Nice.
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and Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes
Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, ''comtesse de Verrue'' (18 January 1670 – 18 November 1736) was a French noblewoman and the mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia.
Biography
The daughter of Louis Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes (1620 ...
. He was styled as the ''Marquis of Susa''.
Biography
His mother, ''Madame de Verrue'', was the French wife of prominent Piedmontese diplomat working for the Duke of Savoy. At the Savoyard capital of Turin, the Duke of Savoy became infatuated with the young countess and in 1689, Jeanne Baptiste gave into the duke's overture, encouraged by the Duchess of SavoyAnne Marie d'Orléans
Anne Marie d'Orléans (27 August 1669 – 26 August 1728) was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy. She served as regent of Savoy during the absence of her spouse in 1686 and during the War of the Spanish Succession.
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and her uncle, the French king Louis XIV.
When Victor Amadeus II became so obsessed with Jeanne Baptiste that he had her shut up from view of the court for some time, Jeanne Baptiste fled Savoy and sought refuge in France, ruled by Louis XIV. When Vittorio's mother fled Savoy in 1700, he and his sister Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy
Maria Vittoria of Savoy (Maria Vittoria Francesca; 9 February 1690 – 8 July 1766) was a legitimated daughter of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, first king of the House of Savoy. Married to the head of a cadet branch of the House of Savoy, she i ...
were left in Savoy and were cared for by a loving father.Victor Amadeus II had them both legitimised and created them Marquis and Marchesa of Susa. Vittorio had a military career and led the Piedmontese troops against a French-Spanish army in the
Battle of Villafranca (1744)
The siege of Villafranca took place between 14 and 27 April 1744, during the War of the Austrian Succession. The armies of Spain and France advancing towards the Kingdom of Sardinia and attacked the entrenched positions in the Villafranca pass, ...
, where he was taken prisoner.
He married in 1760 with Maria Lucrezia Franchi (died 1777), daughter of Gaspare Orazio Franchi, Count of Ponte Chianale. They had no children.
Ancestry
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