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Vittorio Amedeo II di Savoia
5th Principe di Carignano
(1743–80)

Biographical

5th Principe di Carignano 1778–80†
Marchese di Racconigi 1778–80†
Marchese di Busca 1778–80†
Signore di Cavallermaggiore 1778–80†
Signore di Villafranca 1778–80†
Signore di Vigone 1778–80†
Signore di Barge 1778–80†
Signore di Caselle 1778–80†
Signore di Roccavione 1778–80†
Signore di Peveragno 1778–80†
Signore di Boves 1778–80†
Knight of the Order of the Holy Annunciation 1763 [Italy]

Lieutenant-general of the royal armies of Sardinia 1763

Vittorio Amedeo served as the proxy bridegroom for his sister, the Princesse de Lamballe. He embarked on a military career, but the era in which he lived was one of peace and he was therefore unable to distinguish himself in any military engagement. He died at the age of 37.

Place of birth: Turin
Place of marriage: Oulx
Place of death: Turin
Place of burial: Cathedral of Turin; transferred to the Basilica of Superga, 1797

Son of Luigi Vittorio di Savoia and Christine, Landgravine of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg. He married Marie Josephe de Lorraine-Lambesc in 1768 and had issue.

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