Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe
Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princess de Lamballe (Italian: Maria Teresa Luisa; 8 September 1749 – 3 September 1792) was a member of the Savoy-Carignano cadet branch of the House of Savoy. She was married at the age of 17 to Louis Alexandre de Bourbon-Penthièvre, Prince de Lamballe, the heir to the greatest fortune in France. After her marriage, which lasted a year, she went to the French royal court and became the confidante of Queen Marie Antoinette. She was killed in the massacres of September 1792 during the French Revolution.
| Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy | |||||
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| Princesse de Lamballe | |||||
Portrait by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun | |||||
| Born | 8 September 1749 Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia | ||||
| Died | 3 September 1792 (aged 42) Paris, France | ||||
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| House | Savoy-Carignano | ||||
| Father | Louis Victor of Savoy, Prince of Carignano | ||||
| Mother | Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg | ||||
| Religion | Catholic Church | ||||
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