Hercule-Louis Turinetti, marquis of Prié

[3] He was born in Turin in 1658, the second son of Giorgio Turinetti, Director of finances of the Duchy of Savoy, and Maria Violante Valperga di Rivara (1630-1690).

In 1691, he was appointed by Victor Amadeus II as Ambassador of Savoy to the Holy Roman Empire in Vienna.

When Victor Amadeus switched sides in 1703 and re-established his alliance with the Holy Roman Empire, Turinetti returned to Vienna in 1704.

As ambassador, he succeeded in having the Austrian Archduke Charles recognized by Pope Clement XI as the rightful King of Spain in 1709.

Prié also clashed with Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, the Austrian Master of the ordnance to the Low Countries and had him arrested and imprisoned pending his court martial at which he was convicted and condemned to death.