Prince Louis Thomas of Savoy-Carignan

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Prince Louis Thomas of Savoy-Carignan, also Luigi Tomasso di Savoia-Carignano, was the eldest son of Eugene Maurice of Savoy-Carignan and Olympia Mancini. He was the oldest brother of Prince Eugene of Savoy.

He married the beautiful Urania de la Cropte, whom Saint-Simon had once described as,"radiant as the glorious morn." They had three sons and a daughter, Princess Victoria of Savoy-Carignan, who eventually inherited Eugene's estate.

After the death of his father and the flight of his mother due to scandal from France, Louis Thomas and Urania were charged, with his maternal grandmother, with the rearing of his younger brothers. Eugene was never to forget their loving surrogate parentage.

He obtained a commission as an officer in the French Army, but Louis XIV had amorous desires toward his wife, of which she directly spurned. An angered Louis dismissed Louis Thomas from the army, and when he sought position abroad, terminated his pension and dues.

In 1699, he went to Eugene in Vienna all but bankrupt to seek his aid. With Eugene's help, he obtained a commission in the Austrian Imperial Army. Unfortunately, he was killed in action against the French at the onset of the War of the Spanish Succession on August 24, 1702.