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His mother, Madame de Verrue, was the French wife of prominent Piedmontese diplomat working for the Duke of Savoy.
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Vittorio Francesco of Savoy
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He was styled as the Marquis of Susa. When Victor Amadeus II became so obsessed with Jeanne Baptiste that he had her shut up from view of the court for some time, Jeanne Baptiste fled Savoy and sought refuge in France, ruled by Louis XIV. Victor Amadeus II had them both legitimised and created them Marquis and Marchesa of Susa. Vittorio had a military career and led the Piedmontese troops against a French-Spanish army in the Battle of Villafranca (1744), where he was taken prisoner.
They had no children.
