Princess Maria Anna Victoria Of Savoy
Maria Anna Victoria of Savoy (11 September 1683 – 11 October 1763) was the daughter of Prince Louis Thomas of Savoy, Count of Soissons, and Uranie de La Cropte de Beauvais.
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