Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons
| Eugene Maurice of Savoy | |||||
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| Count of Soissons, Count of Dreux | |||||
| Reign | 1656-1673 | ||||
| Predecessor | Joseph Emmanuel | ||||
| Successor | Louis Thomas | ||||
| Born |
2 March 1635 Chambéry, Savoy |
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| Died | 6 June 1673 (aged 38) Unna, Westphalia |
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| 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 |
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| House | Savoy (Carignan branch) | ||||
| Father | Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano | ||||
| Mother | Marie de Bourbon | ||||
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| Eugène Maurice di Savoia |
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 feld-marshal Prince Eugene of Savoy.
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.
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