Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano

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Victor Amadeus
Christine of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg

Victor Amadeus of Savoy, 5th Prince of Carignano (31 October 1743 – 10 September 1780) was a member of the

princesse de Lamballe and grandfather of King Charles Albert of Sardinia
.

Biography

Born in Turin to

Prince of Carignano. Expecting to find military glory, his namesake created him Lieutenant General of the Sardinian Army.[3] His career was cut short by his death.[4]

On 18 October 1768 at

Louis of Lorraine, Prince de Brionne and Princess Louise de Rohan (1734--1815). The couple had one child who succeeded Victor Amadeus as Prince of Carignano in 1780. In 1786 he was moved to the Royal Basilica of Superga outside Turin. The current Prince of Naples
is a direct male line descendant.

Issue

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Almanach royal, 1760, p 43
  2. ^ Carrone. Felice: Tavole genealogiche della real casa di Savoia, Presso Giuseppe Bocca Libraio di S.S.R.M., 1837, p 101
  3. ^ Frézet. Jean: Histoire de la Maison de Savoie, Volume 3, Alliana et Paravia, 1827, p 649
  4. ^ Predari. Francesco: Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 1, Tipografia Guigoni, 1865, p 286
  5. ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 98.