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Maria Luisa of Sardinia
(1729–67)
Other names: Maria Luisa Gabriella
Biographical
Maria Luisa decided to leave the court and join a religious establishment.
Her father had her enter the Benedictine convent of Sant’Andrea,
at Chieri, in 1766, with two maids of honour to accompany her.
Place of birth: Turin
Place of death: Chieri
Place of burial: Church of Sant’Andrea; cemetery of San Giorgio
de Morè, Chieri 1798; Basilica of Superga 1823
Daughter of King Carlo Emanuele III of Sardinia and Polyxena, Landgravine
of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg.
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