Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons

Eugene Maurice of Savoy
Count of Soissons, Count of Dreux
Reign	1656-1673
Predecessor	Marie
Successor	Louis Thomas
Born	(1635-03-02)2 March 1635 Chambéry, Savoy
Died	Unna, Westphalia
Spouse	Olimpia Mancini
Issue	Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons Prince Philippe Louis Jules, Knight of Savoy Emmanuel Philibert, Count of Dreux Prince Eugene Marie Jeanne, Mademoiselle de Soissons Louise Philiberte, Mademoiselle de Dreux Françoise, Mademoiselle de Dreux
House	House of Savoy-Carignano
Father	Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano
Mother	Marie de Bourbon

Eugene Maurice of Savoy (French: Eugène Maurice de Savoie; 2 March 1635 – 6 June 1673) was count of Soissons, a French general and father of Prince Eugene of Savoy.

Biography

Eugene Maurice was born in Chambéry, Savoy. He was son of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano and Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons. He was grandson of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and Catherine Micaela of Austria, daughter of Philip II of Spain and Elisabeth of France, herself daughter of King Henry II and Catherine de' Medici.

On 21 February 1657 he married Olimpia Mancini, a niece of cardinal Mazarin, daughter of Michele Mancini and Geronima Mazarini.

He obtained high military posts through his wife's influence. He played a role in defeating the Spaniards at the battle of the Dunes in 1658, took part in the campaigns at Flanders (1667), Franche-Comté (1668) and Holland (1672), and was present as ambassador extraordinary of France at the coronation of Charles II of England.

He died at Unna in Westphalia in 1673, out of a deadly fever, although there were voices that he had been poisoned.

Family

1. Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons (1657–1702) married Urania de La Cropte and had issue
2. Philippe, "Abbot of Soissons" (1659–1693) unmarried.
3. Louis Jules, Cavaliere of Savoy (1660–1683) killed at the battle of Petronell against the Turks known as the Cavaliere di Savoia
4. Emanuel Philibert, Count of Dreux (1662–1676) unmarried.
5. Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736) famous general.
6. Princess Marie Jeanne of Savoy (1665-1705) Mademoiselle de Soissons.
7. Princess Louise Philiberte of Savoy (1667–1726) Mademoiselle de Druex.
8. Princess Françoise of Savoy (1668–1671), Mademoiselle de Dreux.

Ancestors

Family of Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons

16. Charles III, Duke of Savoy               8. Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy                       17. Infanta Beatrice of Portugal               4. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy                             18. Francis I of France               9. Princess Margaret of France                       19. Princess Claude of France               2. Thomas Francis of Savoy, Prince of Carignano                                   20. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor               10. Philip II of Spain                       21. Princess Isabella of Portugal               5. Archduchess Catalina Micaela of Austria                             22. Henry II of France               11. Princess Elisabeth of France                       23. Catherine de' Medici               1. Eugene Maurice of Savoy                                         24. Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme               12. Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé                       25. Jeanne III of Navarre               6. Charles de Bourbon, Count of Soissons                             26. François d'Orléans               13. Françoise d'Orléans                       27. Jacqueline de Rohan               3. Marie de Bourbon                                   28. Giorgio di Montafia               14. Louis de Montafié, Count of Montafié                       29. Bianca Orsini               7. Anne de Montafié                             30. Louis de Coësme               15. Jeanne de Coesme                       31. Anne de Pisseleu