Maurice Of SAVOY

Male 1593 - 1657  (64 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Maurice Of SAVOY was born on 10 Jan 1593 (son of Charles Emmanuel I Of SAVOY and Catherine Michelle Of SPAIN); died on 04 Oct 1657.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Maurice of Savoy (10 January 1593 ? 4 October 1657, Turin) was a Prince of Savoy and a 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 become 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.

    Family/Spouse: Luisa Cristina Of SAVOY. Luisa (daughter of Victor Amadeus I Duke Of SAVOY and Christine Marie Duchess Of SAVOY) was born on 27 Jul 1629 in Turin, Piedmont, Savoy; died on 14 May 1692 in Turin, Piedmont, Savoy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Charles Emmanuel I Of SAVOY was born on 12 Jan 1562 in Rivoli, Piedmont (son of Emmanuel Philibert Duke Of SAVOY and Margaret Of FRANCE); died on 26 Jul 1630.

    Charles married Catherine Michelle Of SPAIN on 11 Mar 1585 in Saragosa, Spain. Catherine (daughter of Philip II Of SPAIN and Elizabeth Of VALOIS) was born on 10 Oct 1567 in Madrid, Spain; died on 06 Nov 1597 in Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Catherine Michelle Of SPAIN was born on 10 Oct 1567 in Madrid, Spain (daughter of Philip II Of SPAIN and Elizabeth Of VALOIS); died on 06 Nov 1597 in Italy.
    Children:
    1. Felipe Emanuel Of SAVOY was born on 02 Apr 1586; died on 13 Feb 1605.
    2. Victor Amadeus I Duke Of SAVOY was born on 08 May 1587; died on 07 Oct 1637.
    3. Filiberto Emanuele Of SAVOY was born on 16 Apr 1588; died on 03 Aug 1624.
    4. Margherita Of SAVOY was born in 1589; died in 1655.
    5. Isabel Of SAVOY was born on 11 Mar 1591; died on 28 Aug 1626.
    6. 1. Maurice Of SAVOY was born on 10 Jan 1593; died on 04 Oct 1657.
    7. Maria Apollonia Of SAVOY was born in 1594; died in 1656.
    8. Francesca Catherine Of SAVOY was born in 1595; died in 1640.
    9. Thomas Francis Prince Of CARIGNANO was born on 21 Dec 1596; died on 22 Jan 1656.
    10. Giovanna Of SAVOY was born in 1597.