Olympia Mancini | |||||
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Countess of Soissons | |||||
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Born | 11 July 1638 Rome, Papal States | ||||
Died | 9 October 1708 (aged 70) Brussels, Spanish Netherlands | ||||
Spouse | Eugene Maurice of Savoy | ||||
Issue | Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons Philippe, "Abbot of Soissons" Prince Louis Julius of Savoy Emmanuel Philibert, Count of Dreux Prince Eugene Marie Jeanne, Mademoiselle de Soissons Louise Philiberte, Mademoiselle de Dreux Françoise, Mademoiselle de Dreux | ||||
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Father | Michele Lorenzo Mancini | ||||
Mother | Geronima Mazzarini |
Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons (French: Olympe Mancini; 11 July 1638 – 9 October 1708) was the second-eldest of the five celebrated Mancini sisters, who along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, were known at the court of King Louis XIV of France as the Mazarinettes because their uncle was Louis XIV's chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin. Olympia was later to become the mother of the famous Austrian general Prince Eugene of Savoy. She also involved herself in various court intrigues including the notorious Affair of the Poisons, which led to her expulsion from France.