Eleonora of Savoy was a Savoyard princess, the eldest daughter of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and his second wife Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg.
Background
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.
Career
Her paternal cousins included Ferdinand VI of Spain, who was king of Spain at the time of her birth. 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.
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 son"s 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.
Titles and styles
28 February 1728 – 14 August 1781 Her Royal Highness Princess Eleonora of Savoy.