Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes
Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes, comtesse de Verrue was a French noblewoman and the mistress of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia.
Jeanne Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes
Victor Amadeus II was the head of the House of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 12 June 1675 until his abdication in 1730. He was the first of his house to acquire a royal crown, ruling first as King of Sicily (1713–1720) and then as King of Sardinia (1720–1730). Among his other titles were Duke of Savoy, Duke of Montferrat, Prince of Piedmont, Marquis of Saluzzo and Count of Aosta, Maurienne and Nice.
Victor Amadeus by Jacob Ferdinand Voet c. 1643
Engraved by Pieter Stevens van Gunst after L. Bourdin, Portrait of Victor Amedée II, Duc de Savoye, early 18th century, engraving
The Siege of Turin in 1706
Victor Amadeus in his later years