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Renée de Savoie
Marquise de Baugé
(–>1582)

Biographical

Marquise de Baugé 1575–>82†
Comtesse de Tende 1572–75
Signora del Maro 1572–75
Signora di Prela 1572–75
Signora di Oneglia 1572–75
Signora di Pronassio 1572–75
Signora di Montegrosso 1572–75
Signora di Borghetto 1572–75
Signora di Rivoli 1575–82

In 1572 Renée's brother, Honoré, Comte de Tende, died without a will, and she claimed his lands of Tende, Marro and Prela, amongst others, as his heiress. Conflict arose between her and her uncle, Honoré the elder, over the succession of those lands. Eventually, troops were sent to Tende as factions on both sides clashed, with those supporting Honoré being banished by Renée. By 1575, the Duke of Savoy intervened, and through an agreement granted Renée the territories of Baugé and Rivoli in exchange for Tende, Marro, and Prela. This agreement was renewed in 1581. She died after returning from a voyage to Jerusalem, after 1 May 1582. According to a court memorandum printed at Turin in 1623, she died in 1589.

Place of death: Parma
Place of burial: Parma

Daughter of Claude de Savoie-Tende and Marie de Chabannes. She married Jacques d'Urfé in 1554, and had issue.

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