Prince Maurizio of Savoy, Duke of Montferrat (''Maurizio Giuseppe Maria''; 13 December 1762 – 1 September 1799) was a member of the Royal House of Savoy. He was born at the

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in 1762. Maurizio was the ninth child but the fourth son of King Victor Amadeus of Savoy (then styled the "Duke of Savoy") and Queen

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. He was styled the ''Duke of Montferrat'' from birth. The capital of Montferrat, ''

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'', was the scene of great celebration at his birth in his honour. As a royal prince, he received an

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of 20 Million Piedmont scudo. To escape the threat of

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, the duke of Montferrat fled to

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with his brothers

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and Charles Felix where the trio lived in the ''Palazzo Carcassona''. His oldest brother Charles Emmanuel fled to Rome. In June 1799 his brother Charles Emmanuel created him Governor of the province of

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. Montferrat died on the island in 1799.Bertolotti, Davide: ''Istoria della R. Casa di Savoia'', Antonio Fontana, Turin, 1830, p. 289 He died of

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and was buried at the Cathedral of Alghero. His younger brother Giuseppe, Count of Asti also died of malaria in 1802.

Ancestry

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