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Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia-Carignano
2nd Principe di Carignano
(1628–1709)

Other names: Emanuele Filiberto Amedeo

Biographical

2nd Principe di Carignano 1656–1709†
Marchese di Racconigi 1656–1709†
Marchese di Busca 1656–1709†
Signore di Villafranca 1656–1709†
Signore di Cavallermaggiore 1656–1709†
Signore di Vigone 1656–1709†
Signore di Barge 1656–1709†
Signore di Caselle 1656–1709†
Signore di Roccavione 1656–1709†
Signore di Peveragno 1656–1709†
Signore di Boves 1656–1709†
Knight of the Order of the Holy Annunciation 1648, 1650 [Italy]

Lieutenant general of Asti 1663
Lieutenant general of Savoy 1658
Colonel in the cavalry for France 1657
Lieutenant general of Ivrea 1644

Prince Emanuele Filiberto was born deaf and dumb. In 1636 his mother and her children were required to go to Spain as hostages, where they were initially treated well, with the King personally following the education of the three princes, which proved to be important for Emanuele Filiberto. One of his tutors was the deaf-mute educator, Manuel Ramirez de Carrión. After Prince Tommaso passed to the French camp, his wife and children were arrested and imprisoned at Valladolid for three years. They were released in 1644 and returned to Paris. That year Emanuele Filiberto and his brother lived at Ivrea with their father who had been appointed lieutenant of that province. Ramirez de Carrión, who had continued to tutor the prince, returned to Spain in 1645, but his son, Miguel Ramirez de Carrión, continued to support him, teaching him Italian. Emanuele Tesauro also joined in the education of the prince who would soon be ready in the art of government. By 1646 the family was back at Turin, and Emanuele Filiberto began his participation at the Savoy court. The following year, however, his mother, Marie de Bourbon, returned to France with her children as it was her intention that they serve at the French court. Because of Emanuele Filiberto's disability, and that of his brother, Giuseppe Emanuele, who had a strong stutter, they were unhappy there, and they returned to Piedmont in 1649. In 1655 Emanuele Filiberto was at the siege of Pavia where he was said to have saved the life of the Duke of Modena. By the time he became the next prince of Carignano, his father's inheritance was burdened by debts. At the death of his uncle Maurizio in 1657,the Emanuele Filiberto was the heir apparent to the duchy of Savoy until the birth of Vittorio Amedeo II in 1666. There were plans for him to marry Princess Ludovica, sister of the duke and widow of uncle Maurizio, but she refused to accept this proposal. With the Peace of the Pyrenees of 1659, the conflict between France and Spain had ended and the Savoy states were finally at peace after more than twenty-five years of almost uninterrupted war. The Duke of Savoy now wanted Emanuele Filiberto to be part of the government, so he made him governor of Asti in 1663, however, Emanuele Filiberto was more concerned with his own court. He was knowledgeable of architecture and began to renovate his residences, and had a new palace at Turin built in 1679. His marriage to Angelica d'Este caused a rift with Louis XIV who wanted any possible bride to be French. Emanuele Filiberto's mother was banned from the French court, his sister Louise was exiled, and the Modenese ambassador was expelled. The married couple were forced into exile at Bologna. After some five months, the King's allowed them to return to Turin and Emanuele Filiberto resumed the role of potential heir to the throne of Savoy. In 1693 he moved wit his family to the new Palazzo Carignano. In 1703 Savoy was at war with France, and in 1706, the elderly Emanuele Filiberto and his family fled Turin for Genoa after the French began to invade the capital. He returned to Turin after some time and spent his remaining years there.

Place of birth: Moûtiers
Place of marriage: Racconigi
Place of death: Turin
Place of burial: Turin

Son of Tommaso di Savoia and Marie de Bourbon-Soissons. He married Angelica d'Este in 1684, and had issue.

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