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Felice di Savoia
Marchese di Baldissero d’Alba
(1604-43)

Biographical

Marchese di Baldissero d’Alba 1629-43†
Signore di Farigliano 1629-43†
Signore di Sessanta 1629-43†
Signore di Serravalle 1629-43†
Signore di Sommariva del Bosco 1629-43†
Knight Grand Cross of Malta

Governor of Savoy 1634
Lieutenant general of Savoy 1634
Lieutenant general of Nice 1625-32

Felice embarked on a military career and fought against the Genoese in 1625. He sided with the regent during the civil war in 1638, and in 1641, he played a role in the peace process that followed.

Place of birth: Turin
Place of death: Turin
Place of burial: Cathedral of Turin, transferred to church of San Michele della Chiusa, 1836

Illegitimate son of Carlo Emanuele I di Savoia and Laura Crevola.

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