Background
Louis Thomas was the eldest son of Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons and Olympia Mancini, as well as the oldest brother of Prince Eugene of Savoy.
Louis Thomas was the eldest son of Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons and Olympia Mancini, as well as the oldest brother of Prince Eugene of Savoy.
He was killed at the Siege of Landau at the start of the War of the Spanish Succession. There was speculation that he was an illegitimate child of Louis XIV. Eugene was never to forget the couple"s loving surrogate parentage. Urania, however, spurned the king"s romantic advances.
Angered, Louis dismissed Louis Thomas from the army, and, when Louis Thomas sought a position abroad, terminated his pension and dues.
With Eugene"s help, he obtained a commission in the Austrian Imperial Army. On 18 August Louis was killed by a French bomb at the Siege of Landau at the onset of the War of the Spanish Succession.
Princess Maria Anna Victoria of Savoy (1683–1763), Mademoiselle de Soissons. Married Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Duke in Saxony, son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
Had no issue. Prince Louis Thomas of Savoy (1685–1695)
Princess Thérèse Anne Louise of Savoy (1686–1736).
Number issue. Prince Emmanuel Thomas of Savoy (1687–1729). Succeeded as Count of Soissons.
Prince Maurice of Savoy (1690–1710)
Prince Eugene of Savoy (1692–1712).