Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia


Charles Emmanuel III was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 until his death.

He was born a Prince of Savoy in Turin to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy and his first wife the French Anne Marie dOrlans. His maternal grandparents were Prince Philippe of France and his first wife Princess Henrietta Anne, the youngest daughter of King Charles I of England and Henrietta Maria of France. Charles Emmanuel was the oldest surviving brother of Princess Maria Adelaide of Savoy the mother of Louis XV of France he was also the brother of Maria Luisa of Savoy, Queen of Spain as wife of his maternal second cousin Philip V of Spain. From his birth he was styled as the Duke of Aosta.

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