Charles Emmanuel III
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Charles Emmanuel III was Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from his father's abdication on 3 September 1730 until his death in 1773. He was the paternal grandfather of t
Charles Emmanuel in his coronation robes, c. 1740s
Charles Emmanuel and his son Victor Amadeus III.
The battle of Assietta during the War of the Austrian Succession 1747
The children of Charles and his second wife; (L-R) Eleonora; Victor Amadeus; Maria Felicita and Maria Luisa Gabriella.
Victor Amadeus III
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Victor Amadeus III was King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 20 February 1773 to his death in 1796. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative re
Charles Emmanuel III
…Nice and Savoy, and obtained Vigevano as well as other lands in the Pianura Padana. Ties with Spain were re-established with the marriage of his son Prince Victor Amadeus to the Infanta Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain in 1750. He declined to participate in the Seven Years' War (1756–63), preferring to concentrate on…
Family of the future King of Sardinia in 1760, Giuseppe Duprà