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Princess Maria Anna Victoria
Princess Maria Anna Victoria
Princess Joseph of Saxe-Hilburghausen
	Princess Maria Anna Vittoria of Savoy
Born	10 November 1686
Died	11 October 1763 (aged 76); Turin, Savoyard state
Spouse	Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1738–1757; marriage dissolved)
House	House of Savoy-Carignano (by birth) ; House of Saxe-Hildburghausen ; (by marriage)
Father	Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons
Mother	Uranie de La Cropte de Beauvais

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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

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

Ancestors of Princess Maria Anna Victoria of Savoy

16. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy

8. Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano

17. Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain

4. Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons

18. Charles, Count of Soissons

9. Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons

19. Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis

2. Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons

20. Paolo Mancini

10. Lorenzo Mancini

21. Vittoria Capocci

5. Olympia Mancini

22. Pietro Mazzarini

11. Girolama Mazzarini

23. Ortensia Bufalini

1. Princess Maria Anna Victoria of Savoy

24. Arnaud de La Cropte, Lord of Chanteirac

12. Charles de La Cropte, Lord of Chanteirac

25. Marie de Massin

6. François-Paul de La Cropte, Lord of Beauvais

26. Jacques d'Auzaneau, Lord of Musset

13. Isabeau d'Auzaneau

27. Marie de Labat

3. Uranie de La Cropte de Beauvais

28. Isaac Martel, Count of Marennes, Lord of Lindebeuf

14. Gédéon Martel, Count of Marennes

29. Élisabeth Puchot de Gerponville

7. Charlotte Martel, Lady of Tonnay-Boutonne

30. Charles de La Mothe-Fouqué, Lord of Saint-Surin

15. Élisabeth de La Mothe-Fouqué

31. Élisabeth de la Cassaigne, Lady of Tonnay-Boutonne

References

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

Sources

de Saint-Allais, N.V. (1817). Nobiliaire universel de France: ou Recueil général des généalogies historiques des maisons nobles de ce royaume (in French). Bachelin-Deflorenne.
Henderson, N. (2002). Prince Eugen of Savoy: A Biography. A Phoenix Press Paperback. Phoenix. ISBN 978-1-84212-597-7.
McKay, D.; Baker, D.V.; von Savoyen, E.P. (1977). Prince Eugene of Savoy. Men in office. Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-87007-5.
Markus, G. (2014). Alles nur Zufall?: Schicksalsstunden großer Österreicher (in German). Amalthea Signum Verlag. ISBN 978-3-902862-98-3.
Mraz, G.; Nemec, H. (1988). Belvedere: Schloss und Park des Prinzen Eugen (in German). Herder. ISBN 978-3-210-24871-4.
Vehse, C.E.; Demmler, F.K.F. (1856). Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria. Memoirs of the Court, Aristocracy, and Diplomacy of Austria. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

[FOOTNOTEde_Saint-Allais181792-1] Saint-Allais 1817, p. 92.

[FOOTNOTEMcKayBakervon_Savoyen1977203-2] McKay, Baker & von Savoyen 1977, p. 203.

[FOOTNOTEHenderson2002291-3] Henderson 2002, p. 291.

[The_Edinburgh_Review,_Or_Critical_Journal_1862_p._546-4] The Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal. Early British periodicals. Longmans, Green & Company. 1862. p. 546.

[FOOTNOTEMarkus2014163-5] Markus 2014, p. 163.

[FOOTNOTEVehseDemmler1856140-6] Vehse & Demmler 1856, p. 140.

[FOOTNOTEMrazNemec198875-7] Mraz & Nemec 1988, p. 75.

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-{{Infobox nobility
+{{Infobox royalty
 | 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
 | caption = ''Princess Maria Anna Vittoria of Savoy''
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 | 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]]
 | mother = Uranie de La Cropte de Beauvais
 | 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==
-As the daughter of [[Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons]], she was styled ''Mademoiselle de Soissons'' or "Mademoiselle de Carignan'' prior to her marriage. She 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}} her father had married in 1680 far below his class and in secret Uranie de La Cropte de Beauvais.{{sfn | de Saint-Allais | 1817 | p=92}}
+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}}
 {{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 80.
+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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 |8= 8. [[Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano]]
 |9= 9. [[Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons]]
-|10= 10. Lorenzo Mancini
+|10= 10. Lorenzo [[Mancini family|Mancini]]
 |11= 11. [[Girolama Mazzarini]]
 |12= 12. Charles de La Cropte, Lord of Chanteirac
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 |19= 19. [[Anne de Montafié, Countess of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis]]
 |20= 20. Paolo Mancini
-|21= 21. Vittoria Capocci
+|21= 21. Vittoria [[Capocci]]
 |22= 22. [[Pietro Mazzarini]]
-|23= 23. Ortensia Bufalini
+|23= 23. Ortensia [[Bufalini (surname)|Bufalini]]
 |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
 |27= 27. Marie de Labat
@@ Line 73: / Line 74: @@
 ==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 | 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=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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 [[Category:1683 births]]
 [[Category:1763 deaths]]
-[[Category:People from Paris]]
+[[Category:Nobility from Paris]]
 [[Category:Princesses of Savoy]]
 [[Category:House of Saxe-Hildburghausen]]

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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