Thomas Emmanuel, Prince of Savoy-Carignan explained

Thomas Emmanuel of Savoy
Count of Soissons
Birth Date:8 December 1687
Death Place:Vienna
Noble Family:Savoy-Carignano
Father:Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons
Mother:Uranie de La Cropte
Spouse:Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein
Issue:Eugene Jean, Count of Soissons

Prince Thomas Emmanuel of Savoy, (8 December 1687 – 28 December 1729[1]), was born a Prince of Savoy and was later Count of Soissons from 1702 till his death.

Early life

He was the son of Prince Louis Thomas of Savoy (1657–1702) and his wife, Uranie de La Cropte (1655-1717). The famous general Prince Eugene of Savoy was his uncle.

Marriage

He married on 24 October 1713 Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein (1694–1772), Duchess of Troppau and had one son. He became a Knight in the Austrian Order of the Golden Fleece in 1712. He died in Vienna.

Issue

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mayer, Gernot. Die Kunst der Wohltätigkeit. Zur erstaunlichen Kunstpatronage von Maria Theresia von Savoyen-Liechtenstein (1694-1772), in: Peter Geiger/Tomáš Knoz (Hg.), Die Liechtenstein und die Kunst (= Veröffentlichungen der Liechtensteinisch-Tschechischen Historikerkommission 3). 2014. Vaduz. 201–206.