Prince Maurice of Savoy

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

Maurice
Sovereign of Savoy
François Duquesnoy, Portrait of Cardinal Maurice of Savoy  (1635). Rome, Museo di Roma
Born10 January 1593
Turin
Died4 October 1657(1657-10-04) (aged 64)
Vigno di Madama, Turin
Noble familyHouse of Savoy
Spouse(s)Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoy
FatherCharles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
MotherCatherine Michelle of Spain

Life

He was the son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain. Matured 14, in 1607, he became cardinal and minister of Vercelli. In 1626, Maurizio established in Rome the creative and abstract Accademia dei Desiosi, one of the main foundations of the time. On 4 June 1627 he turned into the abbot of the cloister at Abondance and in 1637, on the passing of his senior sibling Victor Amadeus I, he and his sibling Thomas guaranteed the regime of the duchy against Victor Amadeus's widow Christine Marie of France, yet the lord upheld Christine and affirmed her as official. In 1642 he passed on the church to become ruler of Oneglia (1642) and marquis of Berzezio (1648). On 28 August 1642 he wedded his sibling Victor Amadeus' little girl, Princess Luisa Christina of Savoy (1629-1692) in Turin.

It was Maurice who claimed the future Villa della Regina and was an occupant representing things to come Palazzo Chiablese.

Ancestry

References

    • Cozzo, Paolo (2018). "SAVOIA, Maurizio di". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 91: Savoia–Semeria (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
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