Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia

Victor Emmanuel I
Victor Emmanuel I
	Victor Emanuel I in Coronation Robes
King of Sardinia and Duke of Savoy
Reign	4 June 1802 – 12 March 1821
Predecessor	Charles Emmanuel IV
Successor	Charles Felix
Born	24 July 1759; Royal Palace of Turin, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died	10 January 1824 (aged 64); Castle of Moncalieri, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Burial	Basilica of Superga, Turin
Consort	Maria Teresa of Austria-Este
Issue	Maria Beatrice, Duchess of Modena; Maria Teresa, Duchess of Parma; Maria Anna, Empress of Austria; Maria Christina, Queen of the Two Sicilies
House	House of Savoy
Father	Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
Mother	Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Victor Emmanuel I (Vittorio Emanuele; 24 July 1759–10 January 1824) was King of Sardinia from 1802 to 1821.

Biography

Born at the Royal Palace of Turin, he was the second son of King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonia of Spain. From birth he was known as the Duke of Aosta. His older brother Charles Emmanuel IV abdicated in 1802 and Victor Emmanuel succeeded him. He ruled Sardinia from Cagliari for the next twelve years as the mainland Kingdom of Sardinia had been captured by the French.

Victor Emmanuel returned to Turin only in 1814, his realm reconstituted by the Congress of Vienna with the addition of the territories of the former Republic of Genoa. After the outbreak of the liberal revolution in his lands in 1821, he abdicated in favor of his brother, Charles Felix. Victor Emmanuel died in the Castle of Moncalieri. He is buried in the Basilica of Superga.

Maria Beatrice of Savoy (1792–1840) married Francis IV, Duke of Modena and had issue.
Maria Adelaide Clothilde Xaveria Borbonia of Savoy (1794-1802) died in infancy.
Charles Emmanuel of Savoy (1796-1799) died of smallpox.
A daughter (1800-1801) died in infancy.
Maria Teresa of Savoy (1803-1879) married Charles II, Duke of Parma and had issue.
Maria Anna of Savoy (1803–1884) married Ferdinand I of Austria.
Maria Christina of Savoy (1812–1836) married Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies and had issue.