Marie Jeanne o Savoy
Marie Jeanne o Savoy (Marie Jeanne Baptiste; 11 Aprile 1644 - 15 Mairch 1724) wis a Princess o Savoy bi birth and wis the second wife o Charles Emmanuel II, Duke o Savoy. She wis the mither o Keeng Victor Amadeus II o Sardinia. She also acted as regent o Savoy for her son frae Juin 1675 – May 1680. At the time of her death she wis the mither o the King o Sardinie as well as great grandmither o the Keeng o Spain an the Keeng o Fraunce as well as mither o the Keeng o Sardinie. She corresponded with Madame de Sévigné. "Mademoiselle de Soissons" wis named in her honour.
| Marie Jeanne o Savoy | |||||
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 Duchess Marie Jeanne o Savoy some time after her mairiage holding the Savoyard croun, unknown artist. | |||||
| Duchess o Savoy | |||||
| Tenure | 20 Mey 1665 – 12 Juin 1675 | ||||
| Regent o Savoy | |||||
| Tenure | 12 Juin 1675 – 14 Mey 1680 | ||||
| Born | 11 Apryle 1644 Hôtel de Nemours, Paris, France | ||||
| Dee'd | 15 Mairch 1724 (aged 79) Palazzo Madama, Turin | ||||
| Buirial | Sacra di San Michele, Turin | ||||
| Spouse | Charles Emmanuel II, Duke o Savoy | ||||
| Issue | Victor Amadeus II, King o Sardinie | ||||
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| Hoose | o Savoy (Nemours branch bi birth) o Savoy (bi mairiage) | ||||
| Faither | Charles Amadeus, Duke o Nemours | ||||
| Mither | Élisabeth de Bourbon | ||||
Background eedit
Born at the Hôtel de Nemours in Paris, she wis a dochter o Prince Charles Amadeus o Savoy, Duke o Nemours an his wife Élisabeth de Bourbon (hersel a descendant o Henry IV o Fraunce) Prior tae her mairiage Marie Jeanne wis styled Mademoiselle de Nemours, a reference tae her faither's title. Marie Jeanne's elder sister Marie Françoise (hersel the wife o twa Portuguese kings; Afonso VI an Pedro II)
Mairiage eedit
On 20 Mey 1665 Mademoiselle de Nemours mairit her distant cousin Charles Emmanuel II, Duke o Savoy
Issue eedit
- Victor Amadeus II (4 Mey 1666 – 31 October 1732) mairit Anne Marie d'Orléans an haed issue. Later the king o Sardinie.
Teetles an styles eedit
- 11 Aprile 1644 – 20 Mey 1665 Her Serene Highness Mademoiselle de Nemours.
- 20 Mey 1665 – 12 Juin 1675 Her Highness the Duchess o Savoy.
- 12 Juin 1675 – 15 Mairch 1724 Her Highness the Dowager Duchess o Savoy.
Ither wabsteids eedit
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