Prince Maurice of Savoy

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Maurice
Prince of Savoy
Born	10 January 1593 Turin
Died	4 October 1657(1657-10-04) (aged 64) Vigno di Madama, Turin
Noble family	House of Savoy
Spouse(s)	Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoy
Father	Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
Mother	Catherine Michelle of Spain

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, Princess Luisa Christina 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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