Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoy

Ludovica Cristina of Savoy ( born July 27, 1629 in Turin, † May 14, 1692 ) was a princess of the House of Savoy.

Life

Ludovica Cristina was the daughter of Victor Amadeus I and his wife Princess Christina of France. Ludovica Cristina's father died in 1637th Your mother took over the guardianship of Ludovica Cristinas brothers Francesco and Charles Emmanuel Hyacinth and thus the regency of Savoy. Ludovica Cristina's uncle, the Cardinal Maurice of Savoy, together with his younger brother Tommaso of Savoy, involved the widow then in a four-year war of succession. The operating Christina sent from France went from this conflict victorious. In the peace treaty of 1642 forced her brother to take off his cardinal office and marry the first fourteen years of Ludovica Cristina. The return to the lay state was Maurizio di Savoia possible because he had not received any ecclesiastical ordinations due to a dispensation from Pope Paul V in the appointment of a cardinal.

The marriage between the 14 -year-old and her 50 - year-old uncle in September 1642. The couple first moved to Nice, where Maurizio exercised the office of governor. He died on October 3, 1657 in Turin. His widow, he left no children, but only a huge debt.

• House of Savoy
• Born in 1629
• Died in 1692
• Woman