Charles Emmanuel of Savoy, 6th Prince of Carignano (24 October 1770 – 16 August 1800) was a Prince of Savoy and later the

Prince of Carignano The House of Savoy-Carignano (; ) originated as a cadet branch of the House of Savoy. It was founded by Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano (1596–1656), an Italian military commander who was the fifth son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. ...

between 1780 and 1800, and the paternal grandfather of

Vittorio Emanuele II Victor Emmanuel II (; full name: ''Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di House of Savoy, Savoia''; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia (also informally known as Piedmont–Sardinia) from 23 March 1849 u ...

, the first king of a united

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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 Thomas Francis of Savoy, 1st Prince of Carignano (; ; 21 December 1596 – 22 January 1656) was an Italian military commander and the founder of the Carignano branch of the House of Savoy, which reigned as kings of Piedmont–Sardinia from 1 ...

, founder of the Carignano line of the

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. 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

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. 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 Charles Emmanuel IV (Carlo Emanuele Ferdinando Maria; 24 May 1751 – 6 October 1819) was King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 16 October 1796 until 1802, when he abdicated in favour of his brother Victor Emmanuel I. Ea ...

. Soon after he became a suspect and was imprisoned in the Citadel of Turin. From there he was moved to

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and then to Chaillot in

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, 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

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, married Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria and had issue; * Princess Elisabeth of Savoy (1800–1856), married Archduke Rainer of Austria and had issue.

Ancestry

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Charles Emmanuel Of Carignan, Prince 1770 births 1800 deaths People from the Kingdom of Sardinia Nobility from Turin Princes of Carignan Burials at the Basilica of Superga