Charles Emmanuel IV
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Charles Emmanuel IV (Carlo Emanuele Ferdinando Maria; 24 May 1751 – 6 October 1819) was Victor Emmanuel I .
Early lifeCarlo Emanuele Ferdinando Maria di Savoia was born in Infanta Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain. From his birth to his succession to the throne of Sardinia in 1796, Charles Emmanuel was styled "Prince of Piedmont".[1]
In 1775, Charles Emmanuel married Louis XVI of France.[1] Although the union was arranged for political reasons, Charles Emmanuel and his wife became devoted to each other.[2] Their attempts to have children, however, were unsuccessful.
ReignAt the death of his father (14 October 1796), Charles Emmanuel succeeded as King of Sardinia. At his succession to the throne in 1796, Sardinia had been forced to conclude the disadvantageous Colonna family .
Post-abdicationOn 7 March 1802, Charles Emmanuel's wife Marie Clothilde died. He was so moved by her death that he decided to abdicate, on 4 June 1802, in favour of his brother Victor Emmanuel I.[1] Charles Emmanuel retained the personal title of king. He lived in Rome and in the nearby town of Frascati. In Jacobite claim to the British thrones. Unlike his three predecessors, however, neither he nor his successors ever made any attempt to claim the throne.
In 1815, at the age of sixty-four, Charles Emmanuel took Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). He was never ordained to the priesthood but lived the rest of his life at the Jesuit novitiate in Rome.
Charles Emmanuel died at the Palazzo Colonna in Rome on 6 October 1819. He is buried in the Church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale. References
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