Editing Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy

{{Short description|Duke of Savoy from 1632 -1638}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Francis Hyacinth
| image        = Ritratto di Francesco Giacinto di Savoia.png
| caption      = Portrait by [[Francesco Cairo]], between 1635–1650
| reign        = 7 October 1637 – {{nowrap|4 October 1638}}
| succession   = [[Duke of Savoy]]
| predecessor  = [[Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy|Victor Amadeus I]]
| successor    = [[Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy|Charles Emmanuel II]]
| regent       = [[Christine of France]]
| house        = [[House of Savoy|Savoy]]
| father       = [[Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy]]
| mother       = [[Christine of France]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date|1632|9|14|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Castle of Valentino]], [[Turin]], [[Duchy of Savoy|Savoy]]
| death_date   = {{Death date and age|1638|10|4|1632|9|14|df=y}}
| death_place  = [[Castle of Valentino]]
| full name    = Francesco Giacinto di Savoia
}}

'''Francis Hyacinth''' ({{langx|it|Francesco Giacinto}}; 14 September 1632 – 4 October 1638) was [[Duke of Savoy]] and ruler of the [[Savoyard state|Savoyard states]] under the regency of his mother [[Christine Marie of France|Christine Marie]].

==Biography==

Born at the [[Castle of Valentino]] in [[Turin]] he was the eldest surviving son of [[Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy]] and his wife [[Christine Marie of France]]. As the heir to the Savoyard throne, he was styled as the [[Prince of Piedmont]]. His parents had another son who had died in 1628 before the birth of Francis Hyacinth.

At his father's death in October 1637, he succeeded and his mother took power having been acclaimed regent. While Duke of Savoy he also held the subsidiary titles of [[Marquess of Saluzzo]], count of [[Aosta]], [[Moriana]] and [[Nice]], and claimant [[King of Jerusalem]]. The infant was nicknamed the ''Flower of Paradise'' (French: ''Fleur de Paradis'')[https://web.archive.org/web/20120206075352/http://www.savoydelegation-usa.org/history.asp?id=387]. Having succeeded his father at such a young age, Francis Hyacinth did not rule [[de facto]] being only 5 years old. Having caught a fever, he died at the [[Castle of Valentino]], and was succeeded by his brother [[Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy|Charles Emmanuel II]]. The infant was buried at the [[Sacra di San Michele]] in Turin.

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy'''
|2= 2. [[Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy]]
|3= 3. [[Christine of France]]
|4= 4. [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy]]
|5= 5. [[Catalina Micaela of Spain|Catherine Michelle of Austria]]
|6= 6. [[Henry IV of France]]
|7= 7. [[Marie de' Medici]]
|8= 8. [[Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy]]
|9= 9. [[Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry|Margaret, Duchess of Berry]]
|10= 10. [[Philip II of Spain]]
|11= 11. [[Elisabeth of Valois]]
|12= 12. [[Antoine of Navarre|Anthony of Navarre]]
|13= 13. [[Jeanne d'Albret|Joan III of Navarre]]
|14= 14. [[Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]]
|15= 15. [[Archduchess Joanna of Austria (1547–1578)|Joanna of Austria]]
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==References==
*{{cite book|title=Ambienti e Figure di Torino Vecchia|first=Carlo |last=Merlini|location=Turin|year=1938}}

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