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Charles Emmanuel III (April 27, 1701 - February 20, 1773) was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 to 1773. A competent soldier-king, he gained territory for himself by fighting on the French side in the War of the Polish Succession and then on the Austrian side in the War of the Austrian Succession.
He married
- 1. Anna Christina Louise of Bavaria (hence she is a Wittelsbach)
- 2. Polixena (Felicia?) Christina of Hesse-Rheinfels and had children including Vittorio Amedeo
- 3. Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, sister of Francis I
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