Eugen-Maurice of Savoy

The third son of Tommaso Francesco of Savoy , Prince of Carinans , and Maria de Bourbon-Conde , Countess de Soissons.

Being the youngest son, he was destined for a church career, but after the death of his second brother in 1656, he left the sacred estate and assumed the title of Count of Soissons. In the same year he received a company in the cavalry regiment of Mancini.

June 12, 1657 received command of the cavalry regiment, vacant after the death of the Marquis de Marol. Under the command of Marshal Laferte, he participated in the siege of Montmedia , spending all his days in the trenches, and not missing a single action in which his regiment was involved. The fortress surrendered on August 6th. The Soissons Regiment was part of the units aimed at strengthening Marshal Turenne , who had besieged Saint-Venant . The fortress fell on August 27, two days after the arrival of the Comte de Soissons. After that, Eugène-Maurice moved to the aid of Ardre , besieged by the Spaniards. The enemy lifted the siege of the 28th.

Then the count participated in the capture of Mot-o-Bois, Bourbourg and Mardique , who surrendered on 3 October.

On November 18, 1657, Comte de Soissons was appointed Colonel-General of the Swiss and the Graubundeents, and captain of the general company, instead of the deceased Marshal Schomberg . Took the oath on December 26th.

In 1658, commanded the regiment of the Swiss Guard during the siege of Dunkirk . June 6 advanced siege work on three hundred steps, and captured the heights and redans located in front of the main fortifications of the enemy. The next day, the Spaniards repelled the attack, and on the 13th took up a position at the foot of the counterscarp . Marshal Okencourt , who fought on the side of Prince Conde , made a sally, but Eugene-Maurice, at the head of his cavalry regiment, attacked the Spaniards, and, despite the stubborn resistance of the marshal, took possession of two posts that he held. In this case, a horse was killed under the count. The Swiss, placed in ambush, cut off the enemy’s retreat, and Marshal Okenkur was killed in battle.

On the 14th, in the battle of Dunes, the Count de Soissons, at the head of the Swiss Guard, attacked and defeated the Spanish infantry. On June 20, after a hot and bloody battle, he seized the traverse that remained with the enemy on the routes of communication; He was wounded in the face during the explosion of a grenade, but remained in the ranks until the end of the battle.

On June 30, during the siege of Berg, he mastered the counterscarp. Berg surrendered on July 1, on the 4th fell Diksmuide . After this, King Louis XIV dumped the disease in Mardique, he was transported to Calais , and the Comte de Soissons remained with the monarch until the end of the campaign. May 8, 1659 military operations were stopped.

On March 20, 1659 in Paris, the king appointed Eugène-Maurice governor of Bourbonnais , to replace the deceased Count de Saint-Geran, and on June 21 he also granted him the post of seneschal of this duchy. These appointments were registered by Parliament on March 13, 1660.

Leaving these posts, the Comte de Soissons, on June 25, 1660 in Bordeaux, was appointed governor of Champagne and Brie , who became vacant after the resignation of Prince de Conti . Parliament registered this appointment on August 23. Eugen-Maurice accompanied the king on a trip to Guyenne , and took the oath on the day of appointment.

Appointed ambassador to England in the same year, he arrived in London on November 6, and after successfully completing negotiations with the new British government, he returned to France in three weeks.

On April 18, 1661, his cavalry regiment was disbanded. In May, the chartered diploma given in Fontainebleau , the king granted Eugene-Maurice a town and the transfiguration of Yvoy in French Luxembourg, four leagues from Sedan , into hereditary possession, and elevated him to the rank of duchy, granted in Saint Seu -Germen-en-Laye in July 1662, and registered by the Metsky Parliament on the 26th.

With the beginning of the Devolutionary War, Eugene-Maurice joined the Flanders Army on June 23, shortly before taking Tournaire . On July 2, the French laid siege to Douai . On the 4th, the Comte de Soissons with his Swiss advanced siege works to the counter-scarp ditch, repelled the enemy's sortie, and the next day crossed the moat. The city fell the next day. After that, the count participated in the siege of Lille , who surrendered on August 27, and then returned to the court with the king.

February 1, 1668 under the command of Louis XIV went to the conquest of Franche-Comte . During the siege, the Share on February 13 acted so vigorously that the city was forced to surrender on the 14th, after three days of defense. He commanded one of the attacks during the siege of Gre , who fell on February 19. On May 2, the Peace of Aachen was signed.

On April 15, 1672, Comte de Soissons was promoted to lieutenant general, bypassing the rank of brigadier and camp marshal . In the campaign of that year he served under the authority of the king, on May 15, he captured Mazake, on the 26th he captured Tongeren . Directed by Louis to capture Orsoy , on June 2, without any siege work, he took a position on the counterscarp, and the next day he accepted surrender. 6th took Rimberg.

After crossing the Rhine, June 12 laid siege to Arnhem , who surrendered on the 15th. Then the king overlaid Duisburg on the one hand, and Comte de Soissons on the other, and the city fell on June 24. Eugen-Maurice commanded the infantry, speaking on Nimwegen , participated in his capture and siege of Krevkjr and Bommel.

In 1673 he was assigned to the army of Turenna, but fell ill along the way, and died in the town of Unna in Westphalia .

Wife (02.21.1657, Paris): Olympia Mancini (1640–9.10.1708), daughter of roman baron Michele Lorenzo Mancini and Girolama Mazzarini

Children:

• Louis-Thoma of Savoy (December 15, 1965–24.08.1702), Count de Soissons. Wife (10/12/1680): Urania de Lacrot (1655-1717), Dame de Beauvais, daughter Francois-Paul de Lacroth and Charlotte-Marie de Martel
• Philip of Savoy (April 8, 1959 - October 16, 1969), abbot
• Louis-Jules of Savoy (2.05.1660–12.06.1683), called the Chevalier of Savoy . Died in the battle of Petronelle
• Emmanuel-Philibert of Savoy (10.16.1662—12.06.1676), Count de Dreux (1674)
• Francois-Eugene of Savoy (October 18, 1966–21.04.1736), Imperial Field Marshal, Prince of Savoy and Soissons and the Holy Roman Empire
• Marie-Jeanne of Savoy (January 1, 1665–30.03.1705), Mademoiselle de Soissons
• Louise-Filibert of Savoy (11/15/1667–22.02.1726), Mademoiselle de Carignan
• Françoise of Savoy (12/21/1668–24.02.1671), Mademoiselle de Dreux

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