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{{short description|Italian noblewoman}}
{{short description|Italian noblewoman}}
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| name = Princess Maria Anna Victoria
| name = Princess Maria Anna Victoria
| title = Princess Joseph of Saxe-Hilburghausen<br>Duchess in Saxony
| title = Princess Joseph of Saxe-Hilburghausen
| image = Ambito Piemontese - Maria Vittoria di Savoia - Racconigi.png
| image = Ambito Piemontese - Maria Vittoria di Savoia - Racconigi.png
| caption = ''Princess Maria Anna Vittoria of Savoy''
| caption = ''Princess Maria Anna Vittoria of Savoy''
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| birth_place =
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1763|10|11|1686|11|10|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1763|10|11|1686|11|10|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Turin]], Italy
| death_place = [[Turin]], [[Savoyard state]]
| noble family = [[House of Savoy-Carignano]] (by birth) <br> [[Saxe-Hildburghausen|House of Saxe-Hildburghausen]] <br>(by marriage)
| house = [[House of Savoy-Carignano]] (by birth) <br> [[Saxe-Hildburghausen|House of Saxe-Hildburghausen]] <br>(by marriage)
| father = [[Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons]]
| father = [[Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons]]
| mother = Uranie de La Cropte de Beauvais
| mother = Uranie de La Cropte de Beauvais
| spouse = [[Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen]] (1738–1757; marriage dissolved)}}
| spouse = [[Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen]] (1738–1757; marriage dissolved)}}


'''Princess Maria Anna Victoria of Savoy''' ({{lang-de|Maria Anna Victoria von Savoyen}}; 11 September 1683 – 11 October 1763) was the daughter of [[Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons|Prince Louis Thomas of Savoy]], [[Count of Soissons]], and Uranie [[:fr:Famille de la Cropte|de La Cropte de Beauvais]] (1655-1717).
'''Princess Maria Anna Victoria of Savoy''' ({{langx|de|Maria Anna Victoria von Savoyen}}, ({{langx|fr|Marie Anne Victoire de Savoie}}); 11 September 1683 – 11 October 1763) was the daughter of [[Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons|Prince Louis Thomas of Savoy]], [[Count of Soissons]], and Uranie [[:fr:Famille de la Cropte|de La Cropte de Beauvais]] (1655-1717).


==Biography==
==Biography==
As the daughter of [[Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons]], she was styled ''Mademoiselle de Soissons'' or ''Mademoiselle de Carignan'' prior to her marriage. Her father had married at the age of twenty two far below his class and in secret Uranie de La Cropte de Beauvais, after the death of her husband Uranie retired into a monastery.{{sfn | de Saint-Allais | 1817 | p=92}} Maria Anna Victoria was the niece of [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]], the great general and statesman of imperial Austria, a patron of the arts whom she had never met.{{sfn | McKay | Baker | von Savoyen | 1977 | p=203}}
As the daughter of [[Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons]], she was styled ''Mademoiselle de Soissons'' or ''Mademoiselle de Carignan'' prior to her marriage. Her father had married at the age of twenty two far below his class and in secret Uranie de La Cropte de Beauvais, after the death of her husband Uranie retired into a monastery.{{sfn | de Saint-Allais | 1817 | p=92}} Maria Anna Victoria was the niece of [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]], the great general and statesman of imperial Austria, a patron of the arts whom she had never met.{{sfn | McKay | Baker | von Savoyen | 1977 | p=203}}


Upon Prince Eugene's sudden death in 1736, without a will or testament, Maria Anna Victoria as his closest relative inherited his immense possessions in [[Austria]], which she then proceeded to quickly sell off at cut rate prices. His mansions, vast art collections (with an estimated 400 pictures), antique furniture, old masters, statues, even his wartime medals, the sword given to him by [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain]], for his part in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] and the portrait given to him by [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Joseph]] were sold; nothing was spared.{{sfn | Henderson | 2002 | p=291}} Only his library and his favourite palace, the [[Belvedere, Vienna|Belvedere]] were purchased by the Emperor,<ref name="The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal 1862 p. 546">{{cite book | title=The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal | publisher=Longmans, Green & Company | series=Early British periodicals | issue=v. 116 | year=1862 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8JKAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA546| page=546}}</ref> while [[Schlosshof]] and the [[Winter Palace of Prince Eugene|Stadtpalais]] went to [[Maria Theresa]].{{sfn | Henderson | 2002 | p=291}}
Upon Prince Eugene's sudden death in 1736, without a will or testament, Maria Anna Victoria as his closest relative inherited his immense possessions in [[Austria]], which she then proceeded to quickly sell off at cut rate prices. His mansions, vast art collections (with an estimated 400 pictures), antique furniture, old masters, statues, even his wartime medals, the sword given to him by [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain]], for his part in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]] and the portrait given to him by [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Joseph]] were sold; nothing was spared.{{sfn | Henderson | 2002 | p=291}} Only his library and his favourite palace, the [[Belvedere, Vienna|Belvedere]] were purchased by the Emperor,<ref name="The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal 1862 p. 546">{{cite book | title=The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal | publisher=Longmans, Green & Company | series=Early British periodicals | issue=v. 116 | year=1862 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k8JKAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA546| page=546}}</ref> while [[Schloss Hof]] and the [[Winter Palace of Prince Eugene|Stadtpalais]] went to [[Maria Theresa]].{{sfn | Henderson | 2002 | p=291}}


The bitterness of every Austrian against Maria Anna Victoria as she proceeded with the liquidation was expressed in a couplet which was pinned on her door:{{sfn | Henderson | 2002 | p=291}}
The bitterness of every Austrian against Maria Anna Victoria as she proceeded with the liquidation was expressed in a couplet which was pinned on her door:{{sfn | Henderson | 2002 | p=291}}
{{Blockquote|text=Est-il possible que du prince Eugene la gloire <br>Soit ternie par une si vilaine Victoire<br><br>Is it possible, that Prince Eugene’s glory<br>
{{Blockquote|text=Est-il possible que du prince Eugene la gloire <br>Soit ternie par une si vilaine Victoire<br><br>Is it possible, that Prince Eugene’s glory<br>
Be tarnished by such an ugly Victoria}}
Be tarnished by such a bad Victoria}}


Embellished with her fantastic dowry, fifty-two-year-old Princess Maria Anna Victoria married on 17 April 1738 German officer and [[Feldzeugmeister]] of the [[Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Army]] [[Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen]], who was almost two decades younger than her, and led a life of lavish parties.{{sfn | Markus | 2014 | p=163}} The union ended in divorce in 1757 after Saxe-Hildburghausen was said to have ingloriously ran away.{{sfn | Vehse | Demmler | 1856 | p=140}} The couple had no children.{{sfn | Mraz | Nemec | 1988 | p=75}}
Embellished with her fantastic dowry, fifty-two-year-old Princess Maria Anna Victoria married on 17 April 1738 German officer and [[Feldzeugmeister]] of the [[Imperial Army (Holy Roman Empire)|Imperial Army]] [[Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen]], who was sixteen years younger than her, and led a life of lavish parties.{{sfn | Markus | 2014 | p=163}} The union ended in divorce in 1757 after Saxe-Hildburghausen was said to have ingloriously ran away.{{sfn | Vehse | Demmler | 1856 | p=140}} The couple had no children.{{sfn | Mraz | Nemec | 1988 | p=75}}


She then lived for a time in [[France]], and eventually died in [[Turin, Italy]], in 1763 at the age of 76.
She then lived for a time in [[France]], and eventually died in [[Turin, Italy]], in 1763 at the age of 76.
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|8= 8. [[Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano]]
|8= 8. [[Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano]]
|9= 9. [[Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons]]
|9= 9. [[Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons]]
|10= 10. Lorenzo Mancini
|10= 10. Lorenzo [[Mancini family|Mancini]]
|11= 11. [[Girolama Mazzarini]]
|11= 11. [[Girolama Mazzarini]]
|12= 12. Charles de La Cropte, Lord of Chanteirac
|12= 12. Charles de La Cropte, Lord of Chanteirac
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|19= 19. [[Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis]]
|19= 19. [[Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis]]
|20= 20. Paolo Mancini
|20= 20. Paolo Mancini
|21= 21. Vittoria Capocci
|21= 21. Vittoria [[Capocci]]
|22= 22. [[Pietro Mazzarini]]
|22= 22. [[Pietro Mazzarini]]
|23= 23. Ortensia Bufalini
|23= 23. Ortensia [[Bufalini (surname)|Bufalini]]
|24= 24. Arnaud de La Cropte, Lord of Chanteirac
|24= 24. Arnaud de La Cropte, Lord of Chanteirac
|25= 25. Marie Massin
|25= 25. Marie de Massin
|26= 26. Jacques d'Auzaneau, Lord of Musset
|26= 26. Jacques d'Auzaneau, Lord of Musset
|27= 27. Marie de Labat
|27= 27. Marie de Labat
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==Sources==
==Sources==
* {{cite book | last=de Saint-Allais | first=N.V. | title=Nobiliaire universel de France: ou Recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de ce royaume | publisher=Bachelin-Deflorenne| year=1817 | url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Al5s7apj6KIC&pg=PA92 | language=fr}}
* {{cite book | last=de Saint-Allais | first=N.V. | title=Nobiliaire universel de France: ou Recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de ce royaume | publisher=Bachelin-Deflorenne| year=1817 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Al5s7apj6KIC&pg=PA92 | language=fr}}
* {{cite book | last=Henderson | first=N. | title=Prince Eugen of Savoy: A Biography | publisher=Phoenix | series=A Phoenix Press Paperback | year=2002 | isbn=978-1-84212-597-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-fztwAEACAAJ}}
* {{cite book | last=Henderson | first=N. | title=Prince Eugen of Savoy: A Biography | publisher=Phoenix | series=A Phoenix Press Paperback | year=2002 | isbn=978-1-84212-597-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-fztwAEACAAJ}}
* {{cite book | last1=McKay | first1=D. | last2=Baker | first2=D.V. | last3=von Savoyen | first3=E.P. | title=Prince Eugene of Savoy | publisher=Thames and Hudson | series=Men in office | year=1977 | isbn=978-0-500-87007-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BL9vnAEACAAJ}}
* {{cite book | last1=McKay | first1=D. | last2=Baker | first2=D.V. | last3=von Savoyen | first3=E.P. | title=Prince Eugene of Savoy | publisher=Thames and Hudson | series=Men in office | year=1977 | isbn=978-0-500-87007-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BL9vnAEACAAJ}}
* {{cite book | last=Markus | first=G. | title=Alles nur Zufall?: Schicksalsstunden großer Österreicher | publisher=Amalthea Signum Verlag | year=2014 | isbn=978-3-902862-98-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8l3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT163 | language=de}}
* {{cite book | last=Markus | first=G. | title=Alles nur Zufall?: Schicksalsstunden großer Österreicher | publisher=Amalthea Signum Verlag | year=2014 | isbn=978-3-902862-98-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L8l3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT163 | language=de}}
* {{cite book | last=Mraz | first=G. | last2=Nemec | first2=H. | title=Belvedere: Schloss und Park des Prinzen Eugen | publisher=Herder | year=1988 | isbn=978-3-210-24871-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wbJNAAAAYAAJ | language=de}}
* {{cite book | last1=Mraz | first1=G. | last2=Nemec | first2=H. | title=Belvedere: Schloss und Park des Prinzen Eugen | publisher=Herder | year=1988 | isbn=978-3-210-24871-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wbJNAAAAYAAJ | language=de}}
* {{cite book | last=Vehse | first=C.E. | last2=Demmler | first2=F.K.F. | title=Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria | publisher=Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans | series=Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria | issue=v. 2 | year=1856 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA140}}
* {{cite book | last1=Vehse | first1=C.E. | last2=Demmler | first2=F.K.F. | title=Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria | publisher=Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans | series=Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria | issue=v. 2 | year=1856 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZVHAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA140}}


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Latest revision as of 18:29, 24 October 2024

Princess Maria Anna Victoria
Princess Joseph of Saxe-Hilburghausen
Princess Maria Anna Vittoria of Savoy
Born10 November 1686[1]
Died11 October 1763(1763-10-11) (aged 76)
Turin, Savoyard state
SpousePrince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1738–1757; marriage dissolved)
HouseHouse of Savoy-Carignano (by birth)
House of Saxe-Hildburghausen
(by marriage)
FatherLouis Thomas, Count of Soissons
MotherUranie de La Cropte de Beauvais

Princess Maria Anna Victoria of Savoy (German: Maria Anna Victoria von Savoyen, (French: Marie Anne Victoire de Savoie); 11 September 1683 – 11 October 1763) was the daughter of Prince Louis Thomas of Savoy, Count of Soissons, and Uranie de La Cropte de Beauvais (1655-1717).

Biography

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As the daughter of Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons, she was styled Mademoiselle de Soissons or Mademoiselle de Carignan prior to her marriage. Her father had married at the age of twenty two far below his class and in secret Uranie de La Cropte de Beauvais, after the death of her husband Uranie retired into a monastery.[1] Maria Anna Victoria was the niece of Prince Eugene of Savoy, the great general and statesman of imperial Austria, a patron of the arts whom she had never met.[2]

Upon Prince Eugene's sudden death in 1736, without a will or testament, Maria Anna Victoria as his closest relative inherited his immense possessions in Austria, which she then proceeded to quickly sell off at cut rate prices. His mansions, vast art collections (with an estimated 400 pictures), antique furniture, old masters, statues, even his wartime medals, the sword given to him by Anne, Queen of Great Britain, for his part in the War of the Spanish Succession and the portrait given to him by Emperor Joseph were sold; nothing was spared.[3] Only his library and his favourite palace, the Belvedere were purchased by the Emperor,[4] while Schloss Hof and the Stadtpalais went to Maria Theresa.[3]

The bitterness of every Austrian against Maria Anna Victoria as she proceeded with the liquidation was expressed in a couplet which was pinned on her door:[3]

Est-il possible que du prince Eugene la gloire
Soit ternie par une si vilaine Victoire

Is it possible, that Prince Eugene’s glory
Be tarnished by such a bad Victoria

Embellished with her fantastic dowry, fifty-two-year-old Princess Maria Anna Victoria married on 17 April 1738 German officer and Feldzeugmeister of the Imperial Army Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen, who was sixteen years younger than her, and led a life of lavish parties.[5] The union ended in divorce in 1757 after Saxe-Hildburghausen was said to have ingloriously ran away.[6] The couple had no children.[7]

She then lived for a time in France, and eventually died in Turin, Italy, in 1763 at the age of 76.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ a b de Saint-Allais 1817, p. 92.
  2. ^ McKay, Baker & von Savoyen 1977, p. 203.
  3. ^ a b c Henderson 2002, p. 291.
  4. ^ The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal. Early British periodicals. Longmans, Green & Company. 1862. p. 546.
  5. ^ Markus 2014, p. 163.
  6. ^ Vehse & Demmler 1856, p. 140.
  7. ^ Mraz & Nemec 1988, p. 75.

Sources

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