Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons

Olympia Mancini
Countess of Soissons
Portrait by Mignard
Born11 July 1638
Rome, Papal States
Died9 October 1708 (aged 70)
Brussels, Spanish Netherlands
SpouseEugene Maurice of Savoy
IssueLouis Thomas, Count of Soissons
Philippe, "Abbot of Soissons"
Prince Louis Julius of Savoy
Emmanuel Philibert, Count of Dreux
Prince Eugene
Marie Jeanne, Mademoiselle de Soissons
Louise Philiberte, Mademoiselle de Dreux
Françoise, Mademoiselle de Dreux
Names
Olympia Mancini
FatherMichele Lorenzo Mancini
MotherGeronima Mazzarini

Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (French: Olympe Mancini; 11 July 1638 – 9 October 1708) was the second-eldest of the five celebrated Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of King Louis XIV of France as the Mazarinettes because their uncle was Louis XIV's chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin. Olympia was later to become the mother of the famous Austrian general Prince Eugene of Savoy. She also involved herself in various court intrigues including the notorious Affair of the Poisons, which led to her expulsion from France.