Background
Born in Turin, he was the youngest son of the Louis Victor of Savoy and his German wife Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg.
Born in Turin, he was the youngest son of the Louis Victor of Savoy and his German wife Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg.
He was the youngest brother of the famous princesse de Lamballe. His extended family included the French Prince of Condé and the Italian Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and the spinster Princesses Eleonora, Maria Luisa and Maria Felicita. The union produced a son, Prince Giuseppe who succeeded Eugenio when he died in Domart, Picardy aged 31.
The now morganatic Villafranca line of the House of Savoy survives today, headed by Edoardo, Count of Villafranca-Soissons.
Prince Giuseppe Maria, Count of Villafranca, (30 October 1783 – 15 October 1825) married Pauline de Quélen de Stuer de Causade de Louisiana Vauguyon, daughter of Paul François de Quelen de Louisiana Vauguyon, and had issue.
