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Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons

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Eugene Maurice of Savoy
Count of Soissons, Count of Dreux
Reign1656-1673
PredecessorJoseph Emmanuel
SuccessorLouis Thomas
Born(1635-03-02)2 March 1635
Chambéry, Savoy
Died6 June 1673(1673-06-06) (aged 38)
Unna, Westphalia
SpouseOlimpia Mancini
IssueLouis Thomas, Count of Soissons
Prince Philippe
Louis Jules, Knight of Savoy
Emmanuel Philibert, Count of Dreux
Prince Eugene
Marie Jeanne, Mademoiselle de Soissons
Louise Philiberte, Mademoiselle de Dreux
Françoise, Mademoiselle de Dreux
Names
Eugène Maurice di Savoia
HouseSavoy (Carignan branch)
FatherThomas Francis, Prince of Carignano
MotherMarie de Bourbon

Eugene Maurice of Savoy (French: Eugène Maurice de Savoie; 2 March 1635 – 6 June 1673) was an Italian-French general and nobleman. A count of Soissons, he was the father of imperial field-marshal Prince Eugene of Savoy.

Biography

Eugene Maurice was born in Chambéry, Savoy. He was son of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano and Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons. He was grandson of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and Catherine Micaela of Austria, daughter of Philip II of Spain and Elisabeth of France, herself daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de' Medici.

On 21 February 1657 he married 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, 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 in Westphalia in 1673, out of a deadly fever, although there were voices that he had been poisoned.[1]

Family

  1. Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons (1657–1702) married Urania de La Cropte and had issue
  2. Philippe, "Abbot of Soissons" (1659–1693) unmarried.
  3. Louis Jules, Cavaliere of Savoy (1660–1683) killed at the battle of Petronell against the Turks known as the Cavaliere di Savoia
  4. Emanuel Philibert, Count of Dreux (1662–1676) unmarried.
  5. Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736) famous general.
  6. Princess Marie Jeanne of Savoy (1665-1705) Mademoiselle de Soissons.
  7. Princess Louise Philiberte of Savoy (1667–1726) Mademoiselle de Dreux.
  8. Princess Françoise of Savoy (1668–1671).

Ancestors

Family of Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons
16. Charles III, Duke of Savoy
8. Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy
17. Infanta Beatrice of Portugal
4. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
18. Francis I of France
9. Princess Margaret of France
19. Princess Claude of France
2. Thomas Francis of Savoy, Prince of Carignano
20. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
10. Philip II of Spain
21. Princess Isabella of Portugal
5. Archduchess Catalina Micaela of Austria
22. Henry II of France
11. Princess Elisabeth of France
23. Catherine de' Medici
1. Eugene Maurice of Savoy
24. Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme
12. Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé
25. Jeanne III of Navarre
6. Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons
26. François d'Orléans
13. Françoise d'Orléans
27. Jacqueline de Rohan
3. Marie de Bourbon
28. Giorgio di Montafia
14. Louis de Montafié, Count of Montafié
29. Bianca Orsini
7. Anne de Montafié
30. Louis de Coësme
15. Jeanne de Coesme
31. Anne de Pisseleu

References

  1. ^ Herre, Franz (2001). Eugenio di Savoia. Milan: Garzanti. p. 15. ISBN 88-11-69311-X.
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