Ancestral Trails 2016 » Charles Emmanuel de SAVOY II (1634-1675)

Personal data Charles Emmanuel de SAVOY II 


Household of Charles Emmanuel de SAVOY II

Waarschuwing Attention: Wife (Francoise Madeleine d'ORLEANS) is also his cousin.

(1) He is married to Francoise Madeleine d'ORLEANS.

They got married on April 3, 1663, he was 28 years old.


(2) He is married to Marie-Jeanne-Baptiste de SAVOY.

They got married on May 20, 1665 at Castello del Valentino, Turin, Savoy, Italy, he was 30 years old.


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Notes about Charles Emmanuel de SAVOY II

Charles Emmanuel II (Italian: Carlo Emanuele II di Savoia); 20 June 1634 - 12 June 1675) was the Duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675 and under regency of his mother Christine of France until 1648. He was also Marquis of Saluzzo, Count of Aosta, Geneva, Moriana and Nice, as well as claimant king of Cyprus and Jerusalem. At his death in 1675 his second wife Marie Jeanne of Savoy acted as Regent for their eleven-year-old son.

He was born in Turin to Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, and Christine of France. His maternal grandparents were Henry IV of France and his second wife Marie de' Medici. In 1638 at the death of his older brother Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, Charles Emmanuel succeeded to the duchy of Savoy at the age of 4. His mother governed in his place, and even after reaching adulthood in 1648, he invited her to continue to rule. Charles Emmanuel continued a life of pleasure, far away from the affairs of state.

He became notorious for his persecution of the Vaudois (Waldensians) culminating in the massacre of 1655. The massacre was so brutal that it prompted the English poet John Milton to write the sonnet On the Late Massacre in Piedmont. Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, called for a general fast in England and proposed to send the British Navy if the massacre was not stopped while gathering funds for helping the Waldensians. Sir Samuel Morland was commissioned with that task. He later wrote The History of the Evangelical Churches of the Valleys of Piemont (1658).

Only after the death of his mother in 1663, did he really assume power. He was not successful in gaining a passage to the sea at the expense of Genoa (Second Genoese-Savoyard War, 1672-1673), and had difficulties in retaining the influence of his powerful neighbour France.

But he greatly improved commerce and wealth in the Duchy, developing the port of Nice and building a road through the Alps towards France. He also reformed the army, which until then was mostly composed of mercenaries: he formed instead five Piedmontese regiments and recreated cavalry, as well as introducing uniforms. He also restored fortifications. He constructed many beautiful buildings in Turin, for instance the Palazzo Reale.

He died on 12 June 1675, leaving his second wife as regent for his son. He is buried at Turin Cathedral.

Charles Emmanuel first met Marie Jeanne of Savoy in 1659 and fell in love with her. However, his mother disagreed with the pairing, and encouraged him to marry Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, daughter of his maternal uncle Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the younger brother of his mother Christine Marie. They were married 3 April 1663. The couple had no issue. His mother died at the end of 1663, and his first wife died at the start of 1664. This left him free to get married on 20 May 1665 to Marie Jeanne of Savoy. They had one son:

Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, future King of Sicily and later Sardinia; married Anne Marie d'Orléans and had issue; had illegitimate issue also; married Anna Teresa Canalis di Cumania in a morganatic marriage
Charles Emmanuel II also recognized five of his illegitimate children by three different mistresses.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Emmanuel_II,_Duke_of_Savoy#Marriages_and_issue

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Birthday June 20, 1634

  • Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1634: Source: Wikipedia
    • July 4 » The city of Trois-Rivières is founded in New France (now Quebec, Canada).
    • August 18 » Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in Loudun, France.
    • September 6 » Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
    • September 12 » A gunpowder factory explodes in Valletta, Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
    • October 11 » The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
    • November 11 » Following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passes An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery.

Day of marriage May 20, 1665

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1665: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 4 » English King Charles II declares war on the Netherlands marking the start of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
    • April 8 » English colonial patents are granted for the establishment of the Monmouth Tract, for what would eventually become Monmouth County in northeastern New Jersey.
    • June 3 » James Stuart, Duke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeats the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft.
    • June 12 » Thomas Willett is appointed the first mayor of New York City.
    • October 5 » The University of Kiel is founded.
    • November 7 » The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.

Day of death June 12, 1675

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1675: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 4 » John Flamsteed is appointed the first Astronomer Royal of England.
    • August 11 » Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
    • October 29 » Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.
    • November 2 » Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War.
    • November 11 » Gottfried Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x).
    • December 11 » Antonio de Vea expedition enters San Rafael Lake in western Patagonia.


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