She was born to a relatively happy marriage between her parents. Her paternal grandmother Anne Marie d'Orléans died in August 1728 when Eleonora was six months old.
Her mother died in 1735 when Eleonora was six. Thus she was the highest ranking female at the Savoyard court until the marriage of her brother, the future Victor Amadeus III to the Spanish Infanta Maria Antonietta in 1750.
Eleonora, and her sister Maria Luisa, were proposed as brides for Louis, Dauphin of France, eldest son of Louis XV of France who was their first cousin.[1] The marriage never materialised due to marriage negotiations with the Spanish which led to the dauphin marrying Maria Teresa, an older sister of Maria Antonietta in 1744.
Her two nieces, Princesses Maria Giuseppina and Maria Teresa would later marry two sons of Louis, Dauphin of France in 1771 and 1773 respectively.
^Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 25.
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princess, eleonora, savoy, eleonora, maria, teresa, savoy, february, 1728, august, 1781, savoyard, princess, eldest, daughter, charles, emmanuel, sardinia, second, wife, polyxena, hesse, rotenburg, died, unmarried, eleonora, savoyportrait, eleanor, maria, ther. Eleonora Maria Teresa of Savoy 28 February 1728 14 August 1781 was a Savoyard princess the eldest daughter of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and his second wife Polyxena of Hesse Rotenburg She died unmarried Eleonora of SavoyPortrait of Eleanor Maria Theresa of Savoy made between 1740 1760 by Domenico DupraBorn 1728 02 28 28 February 1728Royal Palace of Turin TurinDied14 August 1781 1781 08 14 aged 53 Castle of Moncalieri TurinBurialRoyal Basilica of Superga TurinNamesEleonora Maria Teresa di SavoiaHouseSavoyFatherCharles Emmanuel III of SardiniaMotherPolyxena of Hesse RotenburgBiography edit nbsp Princess Eleonora in 1731 by Maria Giovanna Clementi Eleonora Maria Teresa di Savoia was the second child and eldest daughter of Charles Emmanuel III King of Sardinia and his second wife the German Polyxena of the Landgraviate of Hesse Rotenburg She was born at the Royal Palace of Turin the city residence of the Savoyard royal family She received the forename of her maternal grandmother Eleonore of Lowenstein Wertheim Rochefort Her maternal cousins included Victor Amadeus II Prince of Carignano and his younger sister the future princesse de Lamballe both of which were born at the court of Savoy Her paternal cousins included Ferdinand VI of Spain who was king of Spain at the time of her birth She was born to a relatively happy marriage between her parents Her paternal grandmother Anne Marie d Orleans died in August 1728 when Eleonora was six months old Her mother died in 1735 when Eleonora was six Thus she was the highest ranking female at the Savoyard court until the marriage of her brother the future Victor Amadeus III to the Spanish Infanta Maria Antonietta in 1750 Eleonora and her sister Maria Luisa were proposed as brides for Louis Dauphin of France eldest son of Louis XV of France who was their first cousin 1 The marriage never materialised due to marriage negotiations with the Spanish which led to the dauphin marrying Maria Teresa an older sister of Maria Antonietta in 1744 Her two nieces Princesses Maria Giuseppina and Maria Teresa would later marry two sons of Louis Dauphin of France in 1771 and 1773 respectively The spinster princess died at the Castle of Moncalieri Turin at the age of 53 She was buried in the Royal Basilica of Superga overlooking Turin Her sister in law Maria Antonietta died at Moncalieri in 1785 Ancestry editAncestors of Princess Eleonora of Savoy 2 16 Victor Amadeus I Duke of Savoy8 Charles Emmanuel I Duke of Savoy17 Christine Marie of France4 Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia18 Charles Amadeus of Savoy 6th Duke of Nemours9 Marie Jeanne of Savoy19 Elisabeth de Bourbon2 Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia20 Louis XIII of France10 Philippe de France Duke of Orleans21 Anne of Austria5 Anne Marie d Orleans22 Charles I of England11 Henrietta of England23 Henrietta Maria of France1 Princess Eleonora Maria Teresa of Savoy24 Ernest Landgrave of Hesse Rheinfels Rotenburg12 William Landgrave of Hesse Rotenburg25 Marie Eleonore of Solms Hohensolms6 Ernest Leopold Landgrave of Hesse Rotenburg26 Ferdinand Karl Count of Lowenstein Wertheim Rochefort13 Maria Anna of Lowenstein Wertheim Rochefort27 Countess Anna Maria of Furstenberg Heiligenberg3 Polyxena of Hesse Rotenburg28 Ferdinand Karl Count of Lowenstein Wertheim Rochefort 10 14 Maximilian Charles Albert of Lowenstein Wertheim29 Countess Anna Maria of Furstenberg Heiligenberg 11 7 Eleonore of Lowenstein Wertheim Rochefort30 Mathias Khuen von Belasi Count of Lichtenberg and Gandegg15 Maria Polyxena Khuen Belasi Lichtenberg31 Countess Anna Susanna von Meggau zu KreutzenReferences and notes edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eleonora of Savoy Louis XV s mother Maria Adelaide was her aunt and the oldest sister of Eleonora s father Charles Emmanuel III Genealogie ascendante jusqu au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l Europe actuellement vivans Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living in French Bourdeaux Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel 1768 p 25 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Princess Eleonora of Savoy amp oldid 1126407804, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
