EUGENIO DI SAVOIA-SOISSONS, PRINCIPE EUGENIO

EUGENIO di Savoia-Soissons (October 18, 1663 - April 21, 1736), better known as Prince Eugenio, an Italian naturalized Italian general serving the Holy Orphaned as a father at the tender age of ten, he was destined by the family for an ecclesiastical career, but for which he did not feel absolutely brought, having a clear vocation for the Holy Roman Empire. After being denied to serve King Louis XIV because of the involvement of his mother Olimpia After being denied to serve King Louis XIV because of the involvement of his mother Olimpia Mancini in the 'poison scandal', he fled from Paris and resolved to join the Habsburg army, where he pursued a brilliant, lasting career passing to history Portrait, colored version of an engraving by Hugo B. Teschlkner (1818-1897), Germany 1854