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Prince Maurice of Savoy
Catholic cardinal and Prince of Savoy

Prince Maurice of Savoy

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Catholic cardinal and Prince of Savoy
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Gender
Male
Birth
Death
4 October 1657, Turin (aged 64 years)
Age
64 years
Family
Mother:
Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain
Father:
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
Siblings:
Victor Amadeus I Duke of Savoy Thomas Francis Prince of Carignano Emanuel Filibert of Savoy
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Biography

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.

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