Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano

Charles Emmanuel of Savoy
Prince of Carignano
Spouse	Maria Christina of Saxony
Detail Issue
Charles Albert, King of Sardinia Elisabeth, Archduchess of Austria
Full name
Carlo Emanuele di Savoia
Father	Victor Amadeus of Savoy
Mother	Joséphine of Lorraine
Born	24 October 1770 Palazzo Carignano, Turin
Died	16 August 1800 Turin, Italy
Burial	Royal Basilica of Superga

Charles Emmanuel of Savoy (24 October 1770 – 16 August 1800) was a Prince of Savoy and later the Prince of Carignano between 1780 and 1800, and the paternal grandfather of Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of a united Italy.

Biography

He was a son of Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano and Joséphine of Lorraine, and a fifth-generation descendant of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, founder of the Carignano line of the House of Savoy.

On 24 October 1797 he married in Turin Maria Christina of Saxony, daughter of Carl Christian Joseph of Saxony, Duke of Courland, himself son of Augustus III of Poland. They had two children.

Charles Emmanuel died three years after his marriage in a French prison. He had fought against the French in the First Coalition War, but had made peace with the Republicans after the abdication of Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia. Soon after he became a suspect and was imprisoned in the Citadel of Turin. From there he was moved to Dijon and then to Chaillot in Paris, where he died. He was buried at the Basilica of Superga.

Issue

• Prince Charles Albert of Savoy (1798–1849), Prince of Carignano, and King of Sardinia, married Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria and had issue;
• Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800–1856), married Archduke Rainer of Austria and had issue.

Ancestry

External links

• Biography (Italian)

Persondata
Name	Charles Emmanuel Of Carignan, Prince
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	24 October 1770
Place of birth	Palazzo Carignano, Turin
Date of death	16 August 1800
Place of death	Turin, Italy