Olympia Mancini

Olympia Mancini
Coontess o Soissons
Portrait bi Mignard
Born	11 Julie 1638 Roum, Papal States
Dee'd	9 October 1708 (aged 70) Brussels, (modern Belgium)
Spouse	Eugene Maurice, Coont o Soissons
Issue	Louis Thomas, Coont o Soissons Philippe, "Abbot o Soissons" Louis Jules, "Knight o Savoy" Emmanuel Philibert, Coont o Dreux Prince Eugene Marie Jeanne, "Mademoiselle de Soissons" Louise, "Mademoiselle de Dreux" Françoise, "Mademoiselle de Dreux"
Full name Olympia Mancini
Hoose	Mancini (bi birth) o Savoy (bi mairiage)
Faither	Michele Lorenzo Mancini
Mither	Girolama Mazzarini

Olympia Mancini (French: Olympe Mancini; 11 Julie 1638 – 9 October 1708) wis the seicont eldest o the five Mancini sisters, who alang wi twa o thair female Martinozzi cousins, war kent at the court of King Keeng Louis XIV as the Mazarinettes acause thair uncle wis Louis XIV's chief meenister, Cardinal Mazarin. Olympia wis later tae acome the mither o the famous Austrian general Prince Eugene of Savoy. She an aa involved hersel in various court intrigues includin the Poison Affair, which led tae her expulsion frae Fraunce an that o Madame de Montespan. She wis an aa a mistress o Keeng Louis XIV tae. She wis a niece o Cardinal Mazarin. She wis an aa creatit the Surintendante de la Maison de la Reine for Queen Marie Thérèse (the wife o King Louis XIV)

Sisters

1. Laura Mancini (1636–1657) mairit Louis de Bourbon, Duke o Vendôme, the grandson of King Henry IV an his mistress, Gabrielle d'Estrées.
2. Marie Mancini (1639–1715) mairit Prince Lorenzo Colonna.
3. Hortense Mancini (1646–1699), the beauty o the faimily, escaped her abusive husband, Armand Charles de La Porte, Duke o La Meilleraye, an went tae Lunnon later a mistress of King Charles II.
4. Marie Anne Mancini (1649–1714) mairit Godefroy Maurice de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke o Bouillon nephew o Turenne.

Mairiage

Olympia mairit Prince Eugene Maurice o Savoy, Coont o Soissons (1633–1673) on 24 Februar 1657 tae bi whom she haed aicht childer, amongst whom wis the famous soldier Prince Eugene of Savoy. At coort, the Coont of Soissons (comte de Soissons) wis addressed as Monsieur le comte. As his wife, Olympia wis referred tae at court as Madame la comtesse.

Issue

1. Prince Louis Thomas o Savoy, Coont o Soissons (1657–1702) mairit Urania de La Cropte an haed issue.
2. Philippe, "Abbot of Soissons" (1659–1693) unmarried.
3. Louis Jules, Cavaliere o Savoy (1660–1683) killed at the Battle o Petronell against the Turks kent as the Cavaliere di Savoia
4. Emanuel Philibert, Couot o Dreux (1662–1676) niver mairit.
5. Prince Eugene o Savoy (1663–1736) famous general.
6. Princess Marie Jeanne o Savoy (1665–1705) named efter Marie Jeanne o Savoy, Duchess o Savoy, "Mademoiselle de Soissons".
7. Princess Louise Philiberte o Savoy (1667–1726) "Mademoiselle de Dreux".
8. Princess Françoise o Savoy (1668–1671) "Mademoiselle de Dreux".

Teetles an styles

• 11 Julie 1638 - 24 Februar 1657 Dona Olympia Mancini.
• 24 Februar 1657 - 2 Mairch 1635 Her Most Serene Highness The Coontess o Soissons. (Madame la comtesse)
• 2 Mairch 1635 - 9 October 1708 Her Most Serene Highness The Dowager Coontess o Soissons. (Madame la comtesse douairière)

Ither wabsteids

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