Princess Louise of Savoy

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Princess Louise

Hereditary Princess of Baden-Baden

Portrait, c. 1654/1655

Born

1 August 1627
Hôtel de Soissons, Paris, France

Died

7 July 1689 (aged 61)
Paris, France

Spouse

Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden

Issue

Louis, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Names
French: Louise Christine de Savoie Italian: Luisa Cristina di Savoia

House

House of Savoy (by birth)
House of Zähringen (by marriage)

Father

Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano

Mother

Marie de Bourbon

Louise of Savoy (Louise Christine; 1 August 1627 – 7 July 1689) was a Savoyard Princess by birth. She was the mother of Louis, Margrave of Baden-Baden, the famous chief commander of the Imperial army.

Biography

Louise was born at the Hôtel de Soissons in Paris. The Hôtel was the birthplace of her mother, a granddaughter of Louis de Bourbon, an uncle of Henry IV of France. Her father was Prince Thomas Francis of Savoy, the younger son of the Duke of Savoy and his Spanish wife, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain.

She married Margrave Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden (1625–1669) on 15 March 1653 at the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France. The church was near the Hôtel de Soissons. The marriage contract was signed on the same day and is today preserved in the Parisian Institut de France. This marriage was negotiated by none other than the famous Cardinal Mazarin and the Ambassador of the Margrave of Baden-Baden one Monsieur Krebs. Her husband was the Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden, this meant that he was the Heir apparent of his father Wilhelm, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

Marriages between German and Savoyard nobles were common in an era when many Savoyard nobles lived in German states notably Baden itself, due to official charges in the country.

The marriage was not successful. Louise Christine of Savoy refused to leave the refined French court and follow her husband to Baden-Baden. Louise Christine gave birth to a son on April 8, 1655 named Louis William of Baden-Baden. He was named after the French King Louis XIV, who was his godfather.

Ferdinand Maximilian then abducted his son from Paris and brought him to Baden-Baden. Ferdinand ordered a Savoyard man named Charles Maurice de Lassolaye, who had access to the Hôtel de Soissons, to smuggle his three-month-old son out of Paris and take him to be raised in Baden-Baden. As a consequence Louis William was not raised by his mother, but by his grandfather's second wife Maria Magdalena of Oettingen-Baldern.

When it was clear that Louise Christine would not leave Paris, some said due to the influence of her mother, Louise Christine and her husband decided to separate and let her son be raised in Baden-Baden.

She died in Paris aged 61.

Her descendants included the present Henri d'Orléans, French pretender; the Prince Napoléon; Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza and his distant cousin Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza. She is also an ancestor of the ruling Felipe VI of Spain, Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Albert II of Belgium.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Princess Louise of Savoy

8. Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

4. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy

9. Margaret, Duchess of Berry

2. Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano

10. Philip II of Spain

5. Catalina Micaela of Austria

11. Elisabeth of Valois

1. Louise of Savoy

12. Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé

6. Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons

13. Françoise d'Orléans-Longueville

3. Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons

14. Louis de Montafié, Count of Montafié

7. Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont

15. Jeanne de Coesme, Lady of Lucé and Bonnétable

v t e Princesses of Savoy
1st generation	None
2nd generation	Margherita, Duchess of Anjou
3rd generation	Margherita, Countess of Saint-Pol Charlotte, Queen of France Bona, Duchess of Milan
4th generation	Princess Louise Louise, Duchess of Nemours
5th generation	None
6th generation	None
7th generation	Margherita, Vicereine of Portugal Isabella, Hereditary Princess of Modena
8th generation	Luisa Cristina, Princess Maurice of Savoy Margherita Violante, Duchess of Parma Henriette Adelaide, Electress of Bavaria Princess Catherine Beatrice Louise, Hereditary Princess of Baden-Baden Marie Jeanne, Duchess of Savoy Marie Françoise, Queen of Portugal
9th generation	None
10th generation	Maria Adelaide, Dauphine of France Maria Luisa, Queen of Spain Anne Thérèse, Princess of Soubise
11th generation	Princess Eleonora Princess Maria Luisa Princess Maria Felicita Princess Maria Vittoria Margherita Leopoldina, Princess of Melfi Maria Luisa, Princess of Lamballe* Maria Anna Victoria, Duchess in Saxony
12th generation	Princess Maria Elisabetta Carlotta Marie Joséphine, Countess of Provence Maria Teresa, Countess of Artois Maria Anna, Duchess of Chablais Maria Carolina, Electoral Princess of Saxony
13th generation	Maria Beatrice, Duchess of Modena Maria Anna, Empress of Austria Maria Teresa, Duchess of Parma Maria Cristina, Queen of the Two Sicilies Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria Maria Vittoria, Countess of Syracuse
14th generation	None
15th generation	Maria Clotilde, Princess Napoléon Maria Pia, Queen of Portugal Margherita, Queen of Italy*
16th generation	Bona Margherita, Princess Konrad of Bavaria* Adelaide, Princess Leone Massimo*
17th generation	Princess Yolanda, Countess of Bergolo Mafalda, Landgravine of Hesse Giovanna, Tsaritsa of Bulgaria Maria Francesca, Princess Luis of Parma
18th generation	Maria Pia, Princess Michael of Parma Princess Maria Gabriella, Mrs Zellinger de Balkany Princess Maria Beatrice, Mrs Reyna-Corvalán y Dillon Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este**
20th generation	Princess Vittoria of Savoy
* Princess of Savoy-Genoa ** Princess of Savoy-Aosta

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