How to Pronounce Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours
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Apr 11, 1644 Paris, Île de France, France Died on 15 Mar 1724 (aged 79)
Duchess of Savoy
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About Marie Jeanne Baptiste Of Savoy Nemours
- Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (11 April 1644 – 15 March 1724) was born a Princess of Savoy and became the Duchess of Savoy by marriage.
- First married by proxy to Charles of Lorraine in 1662, Lorraine soon refused to recognise the union and it was annulled.
- She married Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy in 1665 who was her kinsman.
- The mother of the future Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia who saw the elevation of the House of Savoy to kings, she styled herself as Madama Reale or Madame Royale.
- She acted as Regent of Savoy from 1675 in the name of her son Victor Amadeus II, who was her husband's successor.
- Her regency officially ended in 1680, but she maintained power until her son banished her from further influence in the state in 1684.
- She left a considerable architectural legacy in Turin, and was responsible for the remodelling of the Palazzo Madama, which was her private residence.
- At the time of her death she was the mother of the King of Sardinia as well as great grandmother of two other kings, Louis I of Spain and Louis XV of France.
