Born ‎ 1621 Turin, Piedmont, Savoy, Italy, died ‎before BEF. 1685‎, at most 64 years
[2024wft.FTW]

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-COMMENT: "Histoire Et Genealogie Des Acadiens", byArsenault,
publ. Port Royal, Property of American-Canadian Genealogical Society,
Manchester, NH, Vol 2, Page 794.
Arrived in Acadia about 1643. It is suspected that he was of Royaldescent.

!COMMENT: HOUSE of SAVOY, S*A*D - Society of Acadian Descendants tidbit6-A,
"Savoy Heritage" by Louis Germain Savoy, p. 19, Private publ., 1983,
also the Columbia Encylcopedia, publ. 1935, and also Grolier Encylcopedia,
Prodigy version, 1992, and also Royal research by Michael W. Talbot,Metaire,
LA, consisting of computer file on hard disk listing royal ancestors backto
the year 960.
"Francois SAVOY was born in 1621 at Turin, Piedmont, Savoy, Italy. Hisfather is
believed to be Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, Duke of Savoy, 1596 -1656,
and his mother Marie de Soissons de Bourbon, 1606 - 1692. By virtue of his
birth, Francois was also a Prince. Turin, Piedmont, Savoy, Italy, is theseat,
and residence, of the family of the House of Savoy. It is also where theShroud
of Turin, which belongs to the House of Savoy, is safeguarded. The area is
loosely regarded as Savoy. Therefore, an ordinary citizen would be knownas de
Savoy, [of/from the area of Savoy], also members of the Savoy family areknown
as de Savoy. Thomas Francis was the 2nd, and youngest son born to Charles
Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy from 1580 - 1630. His uncle [his father'sbrother]
Victor Amadeus I, became the Duke of Savoy in 1630 and sired two sons whowere
both very young when he died in 1637. Francis Hyacinthe I, born in 1632was
only 5 years old when his father died, passing the House of Savoy into his
hands. His younger brother Charles Emmanuel II was only four when hisfather
died in 1637. Becasue both of these sons were so young Francois' father,Thomas
Francis, challenged the authority of the mother of the Dukes of Savoy torule
in their places, and a war broke out between the two sides of the family.(page
19) Obviously, due to the upheavals of the family, Francois left Turinand the
family behind. It was common when a person left their royal family, thatthe
person was disownedand stricken from all records pertaining to thatfamily,
completely banished. This would account for the for the lack of records
pertaining to our Prince Francois de Savoy. Francois left Turin, Italy,
traveled over the Alps and headed for France to a section of Vienne, acity of
Loudin, to join a group of Norman families on their way to the New World,to
settle in the country of Acadia. Francois is reported to be the son ofPrince
Thomas Francis of Carigano the 2nd son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke ofSavoy
from 1580 - 1630. Francois arrived at Port Royal, Acadia about 1643. Hemarried
in Acadia in 1651 to Catherine LeJeune who was born in 1633 at Port Royal,
Acadia, Nova Scotia. Both died sometime before 1685. Francois andCatherine are
the parents of nine children, four sons and five daughters, born between1653
and 1669."

Born ‎estimated EST. WFT, 1612-1635, died ‎estimated EST. WFT, 1657-1724‎, approximately 89 years