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  1. Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princess de Lamballe (Italian: Maria Teresa Luisa; 8 September 1749 – 3 September 1792) was a member of the Savoy-Carignano cadet branch of the House of Savoy. She was married at the age of 17 to Louis Alexandre de Bourbon-Penthièvre , Prince de Lamballe , the heir to the greatest fortune in France.

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    Maria Luisa was born in Turin in 1749. She was the daughter of a Prince of Carignan at the Palazzo Carignano. She was the sixth of eight children. Her father was a distant cousin of King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia Maria Luisa's mother was a sister of the late Queen Polyxena.

    On 31 January 1767, she married by proxy Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe. He was a grandson of Louis XIV's legitimised son, Louis Alexandre, Count of Toulouse. Louis was the only surviving son of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre. She had arranged the marriage. During plans for her marriage she was known as Mademoiselle de Carigna...

    After the death of her husband she moved to Paris. She soon became a lady in waiting to Marie Antoinette, the new Dauphine. When Marie Antoinette became queen, Marie Louise became head of her royal household. She became a very close friend of the queen. During the decline of the monarchy she remained loyal to the queen. In 1789 the royal family was...

    8 September 1749 - 31 January 1767 Her HighnessPrincess Maria Luisa Teresa of Savoy.
    31 January 1767 - 6 May 1768 Her Serene Highness The Princess of Lamballe. (Son Altesse Sérénissime Madame la princesse de Lamballe)
    6 May 1768 - 3 September 1792 Her Serene Highness The Dowager Princess of Lamballe. (Son Altesse Sérénissime Madame la princesse de Lamballe douairière.)

    She used the name "Maria Luisa' or "Marie Louise" in French. As a daughter of the Prince of Carignan, she is often incorrectly given the surname of Savoy-Carignan. That is incorrect as she was born a princess of the Duchy of Savoy and a daughter of a Prince of Carignan. The title was merely a courtesy title having no legal jurisdiction over Carigna...

  2. Princess Marie-Louise Thérèse of Savoy-Carignan, Italian by birth, married the prince de Lamballe (1767). Her husband died two years later, but she continued her royal role in support of the royal ceremonies. Marie-Antoinette was liberal in her affection of Marie-Louise and the two were nearly inseparable.

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  3. Sep 8, 2023 · Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy-Carignan was born on the 8th of September 1749 in Turin. She was the sixth child of Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano and his wife, Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenberg. As her father was descended from King Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Marie Thérèse was a member of a cadet branch of the House of Savoy, one of Europe's oldest and most ...

  4. Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan Lamballe, princesse de (märē´ tārĕz´ lwēz də sävwä-kärēnyäN´, prăNsĕs´ də läNbäl´), 1749–92, devoted friend and favorite of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. Extremely unpopular, she was killed by a mob during the French Revolution in the September massacres (1792), and her head ...

  5. Marie Thérèse Louise (Italian: Maria Teresa Luisa; 8 September 1749 – 3 September 1792) was a member of the Savoy-Carignano cadet branch of the House of Savoy. She was married at the age of 17 to Louis Alexandre de Bourbon-Penthièvre, Prince de Lamballe, the heir to the greatest fortune in France. After her marriage, which lasted a year, she went to the French royal court and became the ...

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  7. Lamballe, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy-Carignano, Princesse de (1749–1792) French royal. Name variations: Marie Thérèse Louise de Savoie-Carignan. Born Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy-Carignano in Turin on September 8, 1749; died in the massacre at La Force on September 3, 1792; fourth daughter of Louis Victor of Carignano (who died in ...

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