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Carlo Francesco delle Lanze
Conte delle Lanze
(1668–1749)

Other names: Carlo Francesco Agostino

Biographical

Conte delle Lanze 1678–1749†
Conte di Vinovo 1713–49†
Conte di Sale
Knight Grand Cross of the Orders of Saints Maurice and Lazarus 1697 [Italy]
Knight of the Holy Order of the Annunciation 1670 [Italy]

Governor of Savoy 1721–24 rem
Governor of Aosta 1713
Captain of the corps of cuirassiers
Lieutenant general

In 1678 Carlo Francesco was granted a pension and the fiefdoms of Carlo Amedeo delle Lanze, the husband of his mother. He had a career in the military and was in the service of his brother, Vittorio Amedeo II, King of Sardinia, and distinguished himself. In 1724 he was dismissed as governor of Savoy and ordered to remain at Vinovo. He was then charged with fraud and embezzlement, but before he could be arrested, he fled. His honours were revoked, and his assets confiscated, and he was sentenced to death in absentia. Carlo Francesco settled at Bologna as a fugitive and in poverty, and relied on assistance from the Bolognese nobility for the rest of his days.

Place of birth: Turin
Place of death: Bologna
Place of burial: Church of Regina Coeli, Bologna

Illegitimate son of Carlo Emanuele II di Savoia and Gabriella de Mesmes de Marolles (†1678). He married Barbara Piossasco di Piobesi in 1692 (†1721), and had issue.

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