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 Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy - Definition 

Victor Emmanuel I (July 24, 1759January 10, 1824) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, and Aosta, and King of Sardinia from 1802 to 1821.

For all hereditary titles, check Vittorio Amedeo III.

On April 21, 1789, he married Maria Teresa of Modena, daughter of Ferdinand, Duke of Modena (who was son of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor) and had seven children including:

  1. Maria Beatrice Victoria (17931840), married Francis IV, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Modena
  2. Charles Emmanuel (17961799)
  3. Maria Anna (18031884), married Ferdinand I of Austria
  4. Maria Christina (18121836), married Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies

After the death of his brother, he also became the Jacobite pretender to the British thrones, as King Victor I of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, though he did not claim these titles.


Preceded by:
Charles Emmanuel IV
King of Sardinia
1802-1821
Succeeded by:
Charles Felix
Preceded by:
"Charles IV"
Jacobite succession
1819-1824
Succeeded by:
"Mary II"





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