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Isabella of Savoy
Hereditary Princess of Modena
Born	(1591-03-11)11 March 1591 Turin, Italy
Died	28 August 1626(1626-08-28) (aged 35)
Spouse	Alfonso d'Este, Hereditary Prince of Modena ​ ​(m. 1608)​
Issue	Margherita, Duchess of Guastalla Anna Beatrice, Duchess of Mirandola Francesco I, Duke of Modena Obizzo, Cardinal d'Este Rinaldo, Cardinal d'Este
House	Savoy
Father	Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy
Mother	Catherine Michelle of Spain

Isabella of Savoy (2 March 1591 – 28 August 1626) was a daughter of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and Catherine Michelle of Spain. Her maternal grandparents were Philip II of Spain and Elisabeth of Valois, her paternal grandparents were Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy and Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry. She was the Hereditary Princess of Modena, dying before her husband succeeded to the Duchy of Modena in 1628.

Life

Isabella was born in Turin to Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and his wife Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, a daughter of Philip II of Spain and Elisabeth of France.

Marriage

On 22 February 1608, she married Alfonso, Hereditary Prince of Modena (son of Cesare d'Este and Virginia de' Medici) in Turin. This was a happy marriage; Alfonso was loving and loyal towards his wife. Within two years, Isabella bore Alfonso a son, Francesco who would one day succeed his father as Duke of Modena and Reggio.

When Isabella died in childbirth on 28 August 1626, Alfonso was heartbroken; he never remarried and died in 1644. Isabella had been constantly pregnant during much of her 18 years of marriage, giving birth almost once per year. She had died before her husband became duke, so she was never Duchess of Modena.

Issue

Isabella and Alfonso had:

• Cesare d'Este (1609–1613), died in infancy;
• Francesco d'Este (1610–1658), future Duke of Modena; married Maria Farnese, Vittoria Farnese d'Este and Lucrezia Barberini
• Obizzo d'Este (1611–1644), Bishop of Modena;
• Caterina d'Este (1613–1628), nun;
• Cesare d'Este (1614–1677)
• Alessandro d'Este (1615), died in infancy;;
• Carlo Alessandro d'Este (1616–1679)
• Rinaldo d'Este (1618–1672) Cardinal
• Margherita d'Este (1619–1692), married Ferrante III Gonzaga, Duke of Guastalla
• Beatrice d'Este (1620), died in infancy;
• Beatrice d'Este (1622–1623), died in infancy;
• Filiberto d'Este (1623–1645);
• Bonifazio d'Este (1624), died in infancy;
• Anna Beatrice d'Este (1626–1690), married Alessandro II Pico della Mirandola

Ancestry

References

1. Osbourne 2002, p. 44.
2. Hester 2017, p. 280.
3. ^ Condren 2024, p. 226.
4. ^ Condren 2024, p. 227.

Sources

• Condren, John (2024). Louis XIV and the Peace of Europe: French Diplomacy in Northern Italy, 1659–1701. Taylor & Francis.
• Hester, Nathalie (2017). "Baroque Italian Epic from Granada to the New World: Columbus Conquers the Moors". In Horodowich, Elizabeth; Markey, Lia (eds.). The New World in early modern Italy, 1492-1750. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. pp. 270–287. ISBN 978-1-107-12287-1. OCLC 987794999.
• Osbourne, Toby (2002). Dynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy: Political Culture and the Thirty Years' War. Cambridge University Press.

• Princesses of Savoy
• 1591 births
• 1626 deaths
• Nobility from Turin
• Deaths in childbirth
• House of Este
• Hereditary princesses of Modena
• 17th-century Italian nobility
• 17th-century Italian women
• Daughters of dukes
• Mothers of Italian monarchs