Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano

Thomas Francis
Prince of Carignano
Tenure29 April 1620 – 22 January 1656
SuccessorEmmanuel Philibert
Born(1596-12-21)21 December 1596
Turin, Duchy of Savoy
Died22 January 1656(1656-01-22) (aged 59)
Turin, Duchy of Savoy
Spouse
(m. 1625)
IssuePrincess Christine Charlotte
Princess Louise
Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano
Prince Amedeo
Prince Joseph Emmanuel
Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons
Prince Ferdinand
Names
Tommaso Francesco di Savoia
HouseSavoy (Carignano branch)
FatherCharles Emmanuel I
MotherCaterina 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.