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Vittorio Amedeo I di Savoia
3rd Principe di Carignano
(1690–1741)

Biographical

3rd Principe di Carignano 1709–41†
5th Duc de Carignan 1734–41†
Marchese di Racconigi 1709–41†
Marchese di Busca 1709–41†
Signore di Cavallermaggiore 1709–41†
Signore di Villafranca 1709–41†
Signore di Vigone 1709–41†
Signore di Barge 1709–41†
Signore di Caselle 1709–41†
Signore di Roccavione 1709–41†
Signore di Peveragno 1709–41†
Signore di Boves 1709–41†
Knight of the Order of the Santissima Annunziata 1696 [Italy]

Governor general of the Milan 1733
French general 1733

Vittorio Amedeo was in conflict with his family for some time, and decided to move to Paris in 1718, together with his wife, Vittoria Francesca di Savoia. At Paris, he ran a gaming house built in the gardens of Soissons which proved to be a financially lucrative adventure. He returned to Piedmont briefly in 1714, but was back at Paris soon after. Having embarked on a military career, Vittorio Amedeo took part in the war of succession opposing France, and in response, Louis XIV confiscated the assets he held in France. These were restored to him after the treaty of Utrecht in 1713. He sided with France in the war of 1733 and was made a general. In 1736 he was sent to Luneville as the proxy for Charles Emmanuel IV for his marriage to Elisabeth of Lorraine.

Place of birth: Turin
Place of marriage: Moncalieri
Place of death: Paris
Place of burial: Turin cathedral; transferred to the Basilica of Superga in 1797

Son of Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia and Angelica d'Este. He married Vittoria Francesca di Savoia in 1714, and had issue by her. He also had illegitimate issue.

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