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Vittorio Francesco di Savoia
Marchese di Susa
(1694–1762)

Other names: Vittorio Francesco Filippo

Biographical

Marchese di Susa 1701–62†
Marchese di Torino 1701–62†
Marchese di Centallo 1701
Marchese di Valle inferiore di Stura 1701
Marchese di Rocca Sparvera 1701
Marchese di Magliola 1701
Marchese di Gagliola 1701
Marchese di Valloria 1701
Marchese di Rittana 1701
Marchese di Castelletto 1701
Knight of the Holy Order of the Annunciation 1733 [Italy]
Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus 1711 [Italy]

Governor of Aosta 1730
Lieutenant general 1734
Lieutenant marshal
General
Colonel of a regiment of fusiliers

Vittorio Francesco was legitimised in 1701 and confirmed as a prince of the blood. In 1734, he was fighting in the war against the imperialists and was wounded in battle at Parma. He took part in the War of the Austrian Succession and defended Nice against the French, but was captured and imprisoned in 1744. The rest of his life was uneventful, but he was a man of loose morals, and because of increasing scandals, the king had him retire from Turin to Centallo. In his old age, he married against the court's wishes. He died childless, with his nephew, Luigi Vittorio, Prince of Carignano, being his heir.

Illegitimate son of King Vittorio Amedeo II of Sardinia and Jeanne-Baptiste d'Albert de Luynes. He married in 1760 to Maria Lucrezia Franchi (†1777)

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