Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais
| Maria Anna of Savoy | |||||
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| Duchess of Chablais | |||||
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| Born | 17 December 1757 Royal Palace, Turin | ||||
| Died | 11 October 1824 (aged 66) Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi, Turin | ||||
| Burial | Royal Basilica, Turin, Italy | ||||
| Spouse |
Benedetto, Duke of Chablais (m. 1775; died 1808) | ||||
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Victor Amadeus III of Savoy | |||||
| Mother | Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain | ||||
Maria Anna of Savoy (Maria Anna Carolina Gabriella; 17 December 1757 – 11 October 1824) was a Princess of Savoy by birth and Duchess of Chablais by her marriage to her uncle,
Early life
Born at the
Maria Anna was the fourth but third surviving daughter of her parents. Her two older sisters were the future "grand daughters in law" of
Three of her brothers were the last three Kings of Sardinia from the senior line of the House of Savoy: the future
Marriage
After the weddings of her older sisters to French Princes, was arranged the marriage between Maria Anna and her paternal half-uncle
When in December 1798 the Republic of France invaded the Kingdom of Sardinia, the whole royal family went into exile. The Duke and Duchess of Chablais left Turin and moved to Sardinia, where they remained until the end of 1799. Then they left the island and settled in Rome at the Papal States. In 1805, they spent a few months in Florence as guests at King
In Italy, the Duke of Chablais was given control of the
Benedetto, Duke of Chablais died on 4 January 1808 in Rome. In 1816 the now Dowager Duchess of Chablais received her younger brother Charles Felix their cousin Charles Albert. By that time, the states and properties of the House of Savoy where recovered; during Maria Anna's absence, the Palazzo Chiablese was used by Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona and his wife, the famous Pauline Bonaparte.[6] However, Maria Anna didn't return to her homeland immediately: in 1820 she acquired the Villa Rufinella in Frascati near Rome, having bought the property from Lucien Bonaparte. In 1822, despite protests from her brother and cousin, Maria Anna settled in Florence, despite the fact that the city actively participated in the period of unrest in the Kingdom of Sardinia the previous year.[1]
Death
Only at the beginning of 1824 Maria Anna returned to Piedmont, where in the
Maria Anna died at the Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi in Turin in 1824 aged 66 and was buried at the Royal Basilica of Superga. She bequeathed all her properties, including the Palazzo Chiablese, the Ducal Castle of Agliè and the Villa Rufinella in Frascate, to her brother Charles Felix.[1]
Ancestry
| Ancestors of Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg | |||||||||||||||
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| 5. Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg | |||||||||||||||
| 11. Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort | |||||||||||||||
| 1. Maria Anna of Savoy | |||||||||||||||
| 12. Louis, Dauphin of France | |||||||||||||||
| 6. Philip V of Spain | |||||||||||||||
| 13. Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria | |||||||||||||||
| 3. Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain | |||||||||||||||
| 14. Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma | |||||||||||||||
| 7. Elisabeth Farnese | |||||||||||||||
| 15. Dorothea Sophie of the Palatinate | |||||||||||||||
References and notes
- ^ a b c d e f Maria Anna, Duchesse di Chiablese (1757 - 1824) in: castellodiaglie.beniculturali.it Archived 2016-08-21 at the Wayback Machine [retrieved 2 June 2016].
- ^ "Savoia". Retrieved 2016-06-02.
- ^ The Edinburgh magazine, or Literary miscellany, p 25
- ^ Louis Leopold d'Artemont: A Sister of Louis XVI - Marie-Clotilde de France, queen of Sardinia (1759-1802), London, London, 1911, p. 86.
- Charles Emmanuel IVand queen consort since October 1796
- ^ Palazzo Chiablese in: piemonte.beniculturali.it [retrieved 2 June 2016].
- ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 26.