Prince Maurice of Savoy

Prince Maurice of Savoy
Maurice
Prince of Savoy
Spouse Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoy
Father Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
Mother Catherine Michelle of Spain
Born 10 January 1593
Turin
Died 4 October 1657(1657-10-04) (aged 64)
Vigno di Madama, Turin
Religion Roman Catholicism

Maurice of Savoy (10 January 1593 - 4 October 1657, Turin) was a Prince of Savoy and an 17th century cardinal.

Life

He was the son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain. Aged 14, in 1607, he became cardinal and bishop of Vercelli. On 4 June 1627 he became the abbot of the monastery at Abondance and in 1637, on the death of his elder brother Victor Amadeus I, he and his brother Thomas claimed the regency of the duchy against Victor Amadeus's widow Christine Marie of France, but the king supported Christine and confirmed her as regent. In 1642 he left the clergy to became prince of Oneglia (1642) and marquis of Berzezio (1648). On 28 August 1642 he married his brother Victor Amadeus's daughter Louise-Christine of Savoy (1629-1692) in Turin.

It was Maurice who owned the future Villa della Regina and was an inhabitant of the future Palazzo Chiablese.

Ancestry



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