Anne Thérèse | |||||
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Princess of Soubise | |||||
Born |
Hôtel de Soissons, Paris, France |
1 November 1717||||
Died | 5 April 1745 Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, France |
(aged 27)||||
Spouse | Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise | ||||
Issue Detail |
Victoire, Duchess of Montbazon | ||||
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House | House of Savoy-Carignano (by birth) | ||||
Father | Victor Amadeus of Savoy, Prince of Carignano | ||||
Mother | Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy |
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Italian: Anna Teresa di Savoia French: Anne Thérèse de Savoie |
Anne Thérèse of Savoy (1 November 1717 – 5 April 1745) was a Savoyard princess born in Paris, France. She was the second wife of Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise, a military leader and friend of Louis XV.
Born at the Parisian Hôtel de Soissons, she was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Savoy. Her father was the Prince di Carignano.
Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of the then king Victor Amadeus of Sicily. Her mother was Maria Vittoria Francesca, legittimata di Savoia, Marchesa di Susa, a legitimised daughter of Victor Amadeus II and his maîtresse-en-titre, Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes.
She grew up in Paris, their parents fleeing the court of Savoy due to embarrassingly large debts. Their parents arrived in Paris during the regency of Philippe d'Orléans (1715–1723), regent of the Kingdom for the infant Louis XV.
Her husband to be was Charles de Rohan, the widower of Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, a granddaughter of Marie Mancini. As head of the cadet branch of the House of Rohan, Charles bore the titles Prince de Soubise and Duke of Rohan-Rohan. He became a Marshal of France in 1758, and served as a minister to Louis XV and Louis XVI. Orphaned at the age of 9, he was a notorious libertine.