Thomas Francis | |||||
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Prince of Carignano | |||||
Tenure | 29 April 1620 – 22 January 1656 | ||||
Successor | Emmanuel Philibert | ||||
Born | Turin, Duchy of Savoy | 21 December 1596||||
Died | 22 January 1656 Turin, Duchy of Savoy | (aged 59)||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | Princess Christine Charlotte Princess Louise Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano Prince Amedeo Prince Joseph Emmanuel Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons Prince Ferdinand | ||||
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House | Savoy (Carignano branch) | ||||
Father | Charles Emmanuel I | ||||
Mother | Caterina Micaela of Austria |
Thomas Francis of Savoy, 1st Prince of Carignano (Italian: Tommaso Francesco di Savoia, Principe di Carignano; French: Thomas François de Savoie, Prince de Carignan; 21 December 1596 – 22 January 1656) was an Italian military commander and the founder of the Carignano branch of the House of Savoy, which reigned as kings of Piedmont-Sardinia from 1831 to 1861, and as kings of Italy from 1861 until the dynasty's deposition in 1946.