Princess Marie Louise of Savoy
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| Princess of Lamballe | |||||
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Marie Louise by Antoine-François Callet
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| Born |
8 September 1749 Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Italy |
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| Died | 3 September 1792 (aged 42) Murdered in Paris, France |
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| Spouse | Louis Alexandre de Bourbon, Prince de Lamballe | ||||
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| House |
House of Savoy-Carignano (by birth) House of Bourbon (by marriage) |
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| Father | Louis Victor of Savoy, Prince di Carignano | ||||
| Mother | Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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| Princess Maria Teresa Luisa di Savoia-Carignano |
Princess Marie-Louise Thérèse of Savoy-Carignan (8 September 1749 – 3 September 1792) was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Savoy. She was married at the age of 17 to Louis Alexandre de Bourbon-Penthièvre, Prince de Lamballe, the heir to the greatest fortune in France. After her marriage, which lasted a year, she went to court and became the confidante of Queen Marie Antoinette. She was killed in the massacres of September 1792 during the French Revolution.
Marie Thérèse was born in Turin. Her father was Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, a maternal grandson of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and his mistress Jeanne d'Albert de Luynes.
Her mother, Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg, was the daughter of Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg. Her aunts included, Polyxena of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg, the wife of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (Victor Amadeus III was her first cousin) and Caroline, Princess of Condé and wife of Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon. Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé was another first cousin who was at the French court.
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