| Princess Maria Luisa | |||||
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| Born | (1729-03-25)25 March 1729 Royal Palace of Turin,Turin | ||||
| Died | 22 June 1767(1767-06-22) (aged 38) Rome, Italy | ||||
| Burial | Royal Basilica of Superga, Turin | ||||
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| House | Savoy | ||||
| Father | Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia | ||||
| Mother | Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg | ||||
Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy (25 March 1729 – 22 June 1767) was a princess of Savoy.
Maria Luisa was the second daughter born to the reigningKing of Sardinia and his second wife, the GermanPrincess Polyxena of Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg who died in 1735, Marie Luisa being just five years of age. She was named after her aunt,Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy (1688–1714) who was Queen of Spain as wife ofPhilip V of Spain.
Her maternal cousins includedVictor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano and his younger sister the futureprincesse de Lamballe, both of whom were born at the court of Savoy. Her paternal cousins includedFerdinand VI of Spain,[1] who was king of Spain at the time of her birth.
Like her older sister,Eleonora, Maria Luisa was a proposed bride forLouis,Dauphin of France. The Dauphin was the eldest son ofLouis XV of France who in turn was her first cousin.[2]
The marriage between linking the rulers of France and Savoy never materialised, Louis marrying anInfanta of Spain who died in childbirth and then aPrincess of Saxony. Like all her sisters, Maria Luisa would remain unmarried, dying at the age of 38 in Turin. She was buried at theRoyal Basilica of Superga overlooking Turin. Her father died in 1773 and her oldest brotherVictor Amadeus of Savoy succeeded as King.
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