Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons

Count of Soissons and of Dreux

Eugene Maurice of Savoy-Carignano

Count of Soissons and of Dreux

Count of Soissons

Tenure

1656–1673

Predecessor

Joseph Emmanuel

Successor

Louis Thomas

Born

(1635-03-02)2 March 1635
Chambéry, Savoy

Died

6 June 1673(1673-06-06) (aged 38)
Unna, Westphalia

Spouse

Olimpia Mancini

Issue

Louis 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
Eugenio Maurizio di Savoia

House

Savoy-Carignano

Father

Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano

Mother

Marie de Bourbon

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.

Biography

Eugene Maurice was born in Chambéry, Savoy. He was son of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano and Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons.^[1] He was grandson of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and Catherine Micaela of Austria.^[1]

On 21 February 1657 he married the "beautiful and witty" Olimpia Mancini,^[2]^[1] a niece of cardinal Mazarin,^[2] daughter of Michele Mancini and Geronima Mazarini.

He obtained high military posts through his wife's influence.^[2] 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.^[2]

He died at Unna in Westphalia in 1673, out of a deadly fever, although there were voices that he had been poisoned.^[3]

Family

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

Ancestors

Ancestors of Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons

8. Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

4. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy

9. Margaret, Duchess of Berry

2. Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano

10. Philip II of Spain

5. Catalina Micaela of Austria

11. Elisabeth of Valois

1. Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons

12. Louis I, Prince of Condé

6. Charles, Count of Soissons

13. Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville

3. Marie, Countess of Soissons

14. Louis, Count of Montafié

7. Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont

15. Jeanne de Coesme, Dame de Lucé

notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ward, Prothero & Leathes 1911, p. table 67.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Chisholm 1911, p. 353.
^ Herre 2001, p. 15.

References

Herre, Franz (2001). Eugenio di Savoia (in Italian). Garzanti. ISBN 88-11-69311-X.
Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1911). The Cambridge Modern History. Vol. XIII. Cambridge at the University Press.

Attribution:

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Soissons: Counts of Soissons". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 353.