Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano

Victor Amadeus
Prince of Carignano
Prince of Carignano
Reign16 December 1778 – 10 September 1780
PredecessorVictor Amadeus I
SuccessorCharles Emmanuel
Born31 October 1743
Palazzo Carignano, Turin
Died10 September 1780
Turin, Italy
Burial
Basilica of Superga
SpousePrincess Joséphine of Lorraine
Issue
Detail		Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano
Names
Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia
HouseSavoy-Carignano
FatherLouis Victor, Prince of Carignano
MotherChristine of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg

Victor Amadeus of Savoy, 5th Prince of Carignano (31 October 1743 – 10 September 1780) was a member of the House of Savoy and Prince of Carignano. He was the brother of the murdered princesse de Lamballe and grandfather of King Charles Albert of Sardinia.

Biography

Born in Turin to Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano and his wife Landgravine Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg, he was the couple's second child and eldest son. As a male line descendant of the Duke of Savoy, he was a Prince of Savoy by birth.[1] He was named after his cousin King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia.[2] At his father's death he succeeded to the style of Prince of Carignano. Expecting to find military glory, his namesake created him Lieutenant General of the Sardinian Army.[3] His career was cut short by his death.[4]

On 18 October 1768 at Oulx Victor Amadeus married Princess Joséphine of Lorraine, daughter of Louis of Lorraine, Prince de Brionne and Princess Louise de Rohan (1734--1815). The couple had one child who succeeded Victor Amadeus as Prince of Carignano in 1780. In 1786 he was moved to the Royal Basilica of Superga outside Turin. The current Prince of Naples is a direct male line descendant.

Issue

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Almanach royal, 1760, p 43
  2. ^ Carrone. Felice: Tavole genealogiche della real casa di Savoia, Presso Giuseppe Bocca Libraio di S.S.R.M., 1837, p 101
  3. ^ Frézet. Jean: Histoire de la Maison de Savoie, Volume 3, Alliana et Paravia, 1827, p 649
  4. ^ Predari. Francesco: Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 1, Tipografia Guigoni, 1865, p 286
  5. ^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 98.