Vittorio Francesco, Marquis of Susa

Vittorio Francesco di Savoia
Marquis di Susa
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Born	(1694-12-10)10 December 1694 Turin, Savoy
Died	20 March 1762(1762-03-20) (aged 67)
Spouse	Maria Lucrezia Franchi
Names Vittorio Francesco Fillippo di Savoia
House	Savoy
Father	Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
Mother	Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes

Vittorio Francesco of Savoy (Vittorio Francesco Filippo; 10 December 1694 – 20 March 1762) was the illegitimate son of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes. He was styled as the Marquis of Susa.

Biography

His mother, Madame de Verrue, was the French wife of a prominent Piedmontese diplomat working for the Duke of Savoy. At the Savoyard capital of Turin, the Duke of Savoy became infatuated with the young countess and in 1689, Jeanne Baptiste gave in to the duke's overture, encouraged by the Duchess of Savoy Anne Marie d'Orléans and her uncle, the French king Louis XIV. When Victor Amadeus II became so obsessed with Jeanne Baptiste that he had her shut up from view of the court for some time, Jeanne Baptiste fled Savoy and sought refuge in France, ruled by Louis XIV. When Vittorio's mother fled Savoy in 1700, he and his sister Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy were left in Savoy and were cared for by a loving father.
Victor Amadeus II had them both legitimised and created them Marquis and Marchesa of Susa. Vittorio had a military career and led the Piedmontese troops against a French-Spanish army in the Battle of Villafranca (1744), where he was taken prisoner. He married in 1760 with Maria Lucrezia Franchi (died 1777), daughter of Gaspare Orazio Franchi, Count of Ponte Chianale. They had no children.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Vittorio Francesco, Marquis of Susa

16. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy 8. Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy 17. Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain 4. Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy 18. Henry IV of France 9. Christine Marie of France 19. Marie de' Medici 2. Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia 20. Henry of Savoy, Duke of Nemours 10. Charles Amadeus of Savoy, Duke of Nemours 21. Anne de Lorraine 5. Marie Jeanne of Savoy 22. César, Duke of Vendôme 11. Elisabeth de Bourbon 23. Françoise de Lorraine 1. Vittorio Francesco of Savoy 24. Honoré d'Albert, Seigneur de Luynes, de Cadenet, de Brantes 12. Charles Honoré d'Albert, Duke of Luynes 25. Anne de Rodulf 6. Louis Charles d'Albert, Duke of Luynes 26. Hercule de Rohan, Duke of Montbazon =14 13. Marie de Rohan, Mademoiselle de Montbazon 27. Madeleine de Lenoncourt, Dame de Coupvray 3. Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes 28. Louis de Rohan, Prince of Guéméné, Count of Montbazon 14. Hercule de Rohan, Duke of Montbazon 29. Eleonore de Rohan, Dame du Verger, Countess of Rochefort 7. Anne de Rohan 30. Claude de Bretagne, Count of Vertus 15. Marie de Bretagne d'Avaugour 31. Catherine Fouquet de La Varenne