Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo, 5th Prince of La Cisterna (7 January 1787 in

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– 26 March 1864 in Turin) was a nobleman and

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in the

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. His other titles were 5th ''Principe di Belriguardo'', 6th ''Marchese di Voghera'', 6th ''Conte di Reano'', 8th ''Conte di Ponderano'', 8th ''Conte di Bonvicino'', 6th ''Conte di Neive'', 6th ''Conte di Perno'', among others.

Life and marriage

The prince was a

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, and he conspired in his youth against King

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in favour of a

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. This attempt failed, and he was forced into exile in France, where he continued promoting the ''

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''. In 1848, he was allowed to return to Italy, and he became a senator of Sardinia. In

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on 28 September 1846, he married Countess Louise de Merode-Westerloo, daughter of Count Werner de Merode (of the princely house of Rubempré) by his wife, Countess Victoire de Spangen d'Uyternesse. The couple had two daughters. He was made a baron of the French Empire in 1810 and became

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in the same year to Camillo Borghese, Duke of Guastalla.Palazzo della Cisterna

Issue

# Princess Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847–1876), married Prince Amedeo of Savoy,

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(second son of King

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), who briefly occupied the Spanish throne from 1870 to 1873. After the death of Carlo Emanuele, Maria Vittoria inherited her father's titles, which passed through her to the Aosta

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of the

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. #Princess Beatrice Giuseppa Antonia Luisa dal Pozzo (1851–1864), died during childhood. Buried at Chapel of Madonna of Pietà, Reano.

Ancestry

References

External links

''Dal Pózzo della Cistèrna, Emanuele, principe ''
on treccani.it (Italian)

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