Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg
Princess Polyxena of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg was the second wife of Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont whom she married in 1724. The mother of the future Victor Amadeus III, she was Queen of Sardinia from 1730 until her death in 1735.
Portrait by Maria Giovanna Clementi, c. 1728–1730
Queen Polyxena with two of her children: Princess Eleonora (left) and Victor Amadeus (right).
Charles Emmanuel III was Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 3 September 1730 until his death in 1773. He was the paternal grandfather of the last three mainline Kings of Sardinia.
Charles Emmanuel and his son Vittorio Amedeo III.
A portrait of a young Charles Emmanuel
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.