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Carlo Emanuele di Savoia
6th Principe di Carignano
(1770–1800)

Other names: Carlo Emanuele Ferdinando

Biographical

6th Principe di Carignano 1780–1800†
Marchese di Racconigi 1780–1800†
Marchese di Busca 1780–1800†
Signore di Cavallermaggiore 1780–1800†
Signore di Villafranca 1780–1800†
Signore di Vigone 1780–1800†
Signore di Barge 1780–1800†
Signore di Caselle 1780–1800†
Signore di Roccavione 1780–1800†
Signore di Peveragno 1780–1800†
Signore di Boves 1780–1800†

Carlo Emanuele's widowed mother, Josephine de Lorraine, began a liberal education for him which caused scandal as the usual custom for the high aristocracy was to entrust their children to tutors. She preferred her son to be educated in France which caused conflict with King Victor Amadeus III who insisted on a Savoyan military education. Eventually, Carlo Emanuele was allowed to study at the Ecole royale militaire of Sorèze, in the south of France, a college known for its modern teaching, and he remained there for six years. At the start of the French Revolution, Carlo Emanuele joined the army of the king of Sardinia, and was made Chief of staff in the third Army Corps. He fought in the war of the Alps between 1792 and 1796, and in December 1793 he was promoted to captain general. He took part in the campaigns of 1793 to 1794. He seems to have distinguished himself during his service, although there were other opinions that questioned this. After the signing of the armistice between Savoy and France in 1796, he retired to the castle of Racconigi. King Carlo Emanuele IV was forced to abdicate and leave Turin with the formation of the Piedmontese Republic in 1798. Prince Carlo Emanuele had been a supporter of the Jacobins, due to his wife's influence, it was alleged, and he chose not to leave Turin. Despite his commitment to the French cause and even transferring personal assets to the regime, he was ordered to move to France with his family under the pretence of guaranteeing their security, when in fact, it was to keep them under surveillance. The family first went to Dijon and then to Chaillot, near Paris, where Charles Emanuel died two years later at the age of 30.

Place of birth: Castle of Racconigi, Turin
Place of marriage: Turin
Place of death: Chaillot
Place of burial: Basilica of Superga

Son of Vittorio Amedeo II di Savoia and Princesse Josephine de Lorraine. He married Maria Christina, Princess of Saxony (Wettin) in 1797, and had issue.

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