Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano

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Thomas Francis (December 21, 1596 - January 22, 1656) was the founder of the Savoy-Carignano line of the House of Savoy.

Born in Turin, he was son of Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy and Catherine Micaela of Spain, daughter of Philip II of Spain and Elizabeth of Valois. Elizabeth was daughter to Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici.

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Thomas married Marie of Bourbon-Soissons. They had 7 children, but only 4 survived infancy (Italian names in parentheses):

Carignano Line

1. Francois Savoie/Savoye Married Catherine Lejeune in 1651 in Acadia, daughter of Pierre Lejeune & Mi'kmaq Indian Woman.

1. Emmanuel Philibert Amadeus (Emanuele Filiberto Amedeo) 1628-1709, married Catherina of Este and had four children including:

1. Victor Amadeus (Vittorio Amedeo) 1690-1741 had three children including:

1. Louis Victor (Ludovico Vittorio) 1721-1778 nine children including:

6. Marie Therese de Savoie Carignan, Princesse de Lamballe 1749-1792

2. Victor Amadeus (Vittorio Amedeo) 1743-1780 had one son:

1. Charles Emmanual (Carlo Emanuele) 1770-1800 married Maria Christina Albertina of Saxony and Courland (morganatic daughter of the duke of Kurland who himself was a younger son of August III of Poland and Maria Josepha of Austria) and they had two children including:

1. Carlo Alberto, King of Sardinia

Soissons Line

2. Eugene Maurice 1633-1673, Count of Soissons, had 2 sons

1. Louis Thomas d.1702, Count of Soissons

2. Eugene 1663-1736, Prince of Savoy, called The Famous General

3. Louise-Christine (1627 - 1689), married in 1654 to Ferdinand Maximilian of Baden-Baden (1625 † 1669), and was mother of the famous general Louis, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

4. Joseph-Emmanuel (1631 - 1656), count of Soissons