Charles Albert of Sardinia

Charles Albert (October 2, 1798 – July 28, 1849) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. He succeeded Charles Felix, and his name is bound with the first Italian statute and the First War of Independence (1848–1849). He abdicated after his forces were defeated by the Austrian army at the Battle of Novara (1849). ImageMetadata File history File links CarloAlberto. ... ImageMetadata File history File links CarloAlberto. ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the historical region of Savoy. ... Piedmont is a region of northwestern Italy. ... Aosta Aosta (French: Aoste) is the principal city of the Valle dAosta in the Italian Alps, north of Turin. ... Sardinia (Sardigna, Sardinna or Sardinnia in the Sardinian language, Sardegna in Italian, Sardenya in Catalan), is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily is the largest), between Italy, Spain and Tunisia, south of Corsica. ... 1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Charles Felix (April 6, 1765–April 27, 1831) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831. ... For the 1513 Battle of Novara, click here. ...

He was born in Turin in 1798, to Carlo Emanuele (1770-1800), 6th Prince of Carignano and Albertina Maria Cristina of Saxony (1779-1851). His father was a fifth-generation descedant of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, founder of the Savoy-Carignano line of the House of Savoy. Location within Italy Region Piedmont Province Turin Area   – Total   – Water 130 km² (50 mi²) ##.# km² (#.# mi²) #.##% Population   – Total (2002)   – Density 857,433 6,596/km² Time zone CET: UTC+1 Latitude Longitude   45°04′ N 7°40′ E1. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1770 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... With an area of 18,413 km² and a population of 4. ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Thomas Francis (1596-1656) was the founder of the Savoy-Carignano line of the House of Savoy. ... The Savoy-Carignano Line was an offshoot of House of Savoy descended from its first member Thomas Francis, son of Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy. ... The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region between Piedmont, Italy, France and French-speaking Switzerland. ...

He was educated in the intellectually liberal and Francophile atmosphere of Geneva, then in Paris during the First French Empire. After the fall of Napoleon I of France, Charles Albert returned to Turin. He married Maria Teresa of Tuscany (1801-1855) in 1817 and displayed some sympathies with liberals. In 1821, as regent for the kingdom in the absence of the new king, Charles Felix, he conceded a constitution that was disavowed by the king, who sent him to join the French ultra-monarchist forces in Spain to suppress the liberal revolution there and restore Ferdinand VII. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Trocadero in 1823, which annihilated hopes of a constitutional monarchy for Spain. this sught sucks a lot less than turtle man/zoidburg man. ... Napoleon I of France, by Jacques-Louis David. ... 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1817 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... // High public office A regent, from the Latin regens who reigns is anyone who acts of head of state, especially if not the Monarch (who has higher titles). ... Charles Felix (April 6, 1765–April 27, 1831) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Ferdinand VII (October 14, 1784 - September 29, 1833) was King of Spain from 1813 to 1833. ... The Battle of Trocadero August 31, 1823, established the victory of the Ultra-Catholic reaction to the right in the post-Napoleonic period. ... 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchical government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges a hereditary or elected monarch as head of state. ...

Carlo Alberto succeeded Carlo Felice to the throne of Sardinia in 1831. Although an Italian patriot opposed to Austrian hegemony in Northern Italy, he put down the Mazzini conspiracy. He introduced a series of reforms that abolished domestic customs barriers within the kingdom, promulgated a constitutional law code (Statuto Albertino) along Napoleonic lines and supported the arts and sciences. Hegemony is the dominance of one group over other groups, with or without the threat of force, to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; more broadly, cultural perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group. ... Giuseppe Mazzini (Genoa, June 22, 1805 – Pisa, March 10, 1872) was an Italian writer and politician. ... The so-called Statuto Albertino (Albertine Statute) is the constitution that King Charles Albert of Savoy conceded to the Kingdom of Sardinia (including also most parts of north-western Italy, such as Piedmont) on March 4, 1848. ...

During the Revolutions of 1848 he agreed to a constitutional regime that remained in place for the century that the Kingdom of Italy lasted. The same year he declared war on absolutist Austria. However, he was defeated at Novara in 1849 and, rather than redraw the Statute, abdicated in favour of his son, Victor Emmanuel. The European Revolutions of 1848, in some countries known as the Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution, were a series of revolutions triggered by the Revolution of 1848 in France, which erupted in February 1848 in Paris and soon spread to the rest of Europe. ... There have been several entities known as the Kingdom of Italy. ... King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820—January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia from 1849–1861, and King of Italy from 1861 until his death in 1878. ...

He then left for exile in Oporto, Portugal, where he died the same year. A modern view of the ancient city of Porto, the city that gave the name to the country. ...

For all hereditary titles, check Vittorio Amedeo III. Victor Amadeus III (Vittorio Amedeo III in Italian b. ...

With Maria Teresa of Tuscany he had children including: Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria and Marche to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ...

1. Vittorio Emanuele II (1820-1878)
2. Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa (1822–1855), 1st Duke of Genoa who had 2 children:

1. Margherita Teresa Giovanna, Princess of Savoy (1851–1926), married Umberto I.
2. Tomasso (1854–1931), 2nd Duke of Genoa, who had children including:

1. Ferdinando, (1884-1963) 3rd Duke of Genoa
2. Philiberto, (1895-1990) Duke of Pistoia, then 4th Duke of Genoa.
3. Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo (1898-1982) unmarried.
4. Eugenio, (1906-1996) Duke of Ancona, then 5th Duke of Genoa.
5. Maria Bona Margherita, (1896-1971) married Prince Conrad of Bavaria (1883-1969)
6. Maria Adelaide, (1904-1979) married Don Leone Massimo, Prince of Arsoli, Duke of Anticoli Corrado (1896-1979)

Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia from 1849–1861. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1822 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Location within Italy Flag of Genoa Christopher Columbus monument in Piazza Aquaverde Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese Zena, French Gênes) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... Margrethe of Savoy (Turin, November 20, 1851- Bordighera, 1926), was the Queen of Italy during the reign (1878-1900) of her husband, Humbert I. She was the daughter of Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa and granddaughter of Carlo Alberto. ... 1851 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Umberto I or Humbert I of Italy (Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio of Savoy, 14 March 1844 - 29 July 1900), surnamed the Good, was the King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his death. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1931 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Location within Italy Flag of Genoa Christopher Columbus monument in Piazza Aquaverde Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese Zena, French Gênes) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pistoia (ancient Pistoria) is a city in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km (18 mi) west and north of Florence. ... Bergamo is a town in Italy, in Lombardy, about 40km northeast of Milan. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

External links

• Carlo Alberto
• Genealogy of recent members of the House of Savoy
• http://genealogy.euweb.cz

Charles Felix (April 6, 1765–April 27, 1831) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831. ... The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region between Piedmont, Italy, France and French-speaking Switzerland. ... Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia from 1849–1861. ...