"En el real serbicio de vuestra majestad": el cardenal Mauricio de Saboya entre Turín, Roma, Madrid y París

Prince Maurizio of Savoy (1593-1657) was the sixth son of Charles Emmanuel I duke of Savoy and of the Infanta Catalina Micaela of Habsburgs. Since he was a kid, his father decided him to become a cardenal, to have a member of the family directly linked to the Papacy and to increase the dinastic powe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Raviola, Blythe Alice
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/662496
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/662496
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mauricio de Saboya
Carlo Emmanuel I de Saboya
Tomás de Saboya
Príncipe de Carignano
Guerras de sucesión de Monferrato (1613-31)
Multiples lealtades
Historia
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Sumario:Prince Maurizio of Savoy (1593-1657) was the sixth son of Charles Emmanuel I duke of Savoy and of the Infanta Catalina Micaela of Habsburgs. Since he was a kid, his father decided him to become a cardenal, to have a member of the family directly linked to the Papacy and to increase the dinastic power of Savoy and its image in Rome too. So the young Maurizio started to follow the paternal politics very soon, supporting the duke and the brothers Victor Amadeus and Thomas during the first war of Monferrato and playing the role of confident of their sisters and the French ambassadors in Turin. His diplomatic career continued in Paris, where he negociated the wedding between Victor Amadeus and the sister of Louis XII Cristina of Bourbon (1619), and in Rome, where he became famous as a maecenas too. Nevertheless, as he was educated in the Spanish style, his attitude was not only francophile, but also very favorable to the Catholic monarchy. Through the examination of his large correspondence, this paper aims to stress the changing positions of Maurizio during his life, with particular attention to his baroque ability in mainteining good relationships with Paris and Madrid. A demonstration that, considering the influence of Rome too, a multiplex loyalty was possible