Ancestral Trails 2016 » Victor Emmanuel de SAVOY I (1759-1824)

Personal data Victor Emmanuel de SAVOY I 


Household of Victor Emmanuel de SAVOY I

He is married to Maria Theresa Josefa von OSTERREICH-ESTE.

They got married on April 21, 1789, he was 29 years old.


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Notes about Victor Emmanuel de SAVOY I

Victor Emmanuel I (Vittorio Emanuele; 24 July 1759 - 10 January 1824) was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia (1802-1821).

Victor Emmanuel was the second son of King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, daughter of King Philip V of Spain and Elisabeth Farnese.

Victor Emmanuel was known from birth as the Duke of Aosta. From 1792 to 1796, Aosta's father had taken an active part in the struggle of the old powers against the revolutionary forces in France but was defeated and forced to make peace, signing the Treaty of Paris. The old king died shortly thereafter, and in December 1798, his eldest son and successor, Charles Emmanuel IV, was faced with a French occupation and eventually annexation, of his mainland territories.

Charles Emmanuel and his family were forced to withdraw to Sardinia, which was the only part of his domains not conquered by the French. Charles Emmanuel himself took little interest in the rule of Sardinia, living with his wife on the mainland in Naples and Rome until his wife's death in 1802, which led the childless Charles Emmanuel to abdicate the throne for of his younger brother.

Aosta took the throne on 4 June 1802 as Victor Emmanuel I. He ruled Sardinia from Cagliari for the next twelve years, during which time he constituted the Carabinieri, a Gendarmerie corps, still existing as one of the main branches of the military of Italy.

Victor Emmanuel could return to Turin only in 1814, his realm reconstituted by the Congress of Vienna, with the addition of the territories of the former Republic of Genoa. The latter became the seat of the Sardinian Navy. Victor Emmanuel abolished all the freedoms granted by the Napoleonic Codices and restored a fiercely oppressive rule: he restored the Regie Costituzioni of Victor Amadeus II and the Jus commune, strengthened customs barriers, refused to grant a liberal constitution, entrusted education to the Church and reintroduced laws concerning labour and the justice system which discriminated against Jews and Waldensians.

He nurtured expansionist ambitions in Lombardy, where nationalist anti-Austrian sentiments had developed, promoted largely by the bourgeoisie. This led to conflict with Austria. In March 1821, a liberal revolution exploded in Italy, largely the work of the Carbonari and it seemed that the anti-Austrian attitude of the revolutionaries matched that of Victor Emmanuel.

However, Victor Emmanuel was not willing to grant a liberal constitution as desired by the revolutionaries, so he abdicated in favor of his brother, Charles Felix on 13 March 1821. Because Charles Felix was in Modena at the time, Victor Emmanuel temporarily entrusted the regency to Charles Albert, who was second in line to the throne.

Thereafter Victor Emmanuel lived in a number of cities until 1824, when he returned to the Castle of Moncalieri, where he died. He is buried in the Basilica of Superga.

Family and children
On 21 April 1789, he married Archduchess Maria Teresa of Austria-Este, daughter of Ferdinand, Duke of Modena (who was the son of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor).

They had six daughters and one son who died very young:

Maria Beatrice Victoria Josepha of Savoy (1792-1840), married her uncle Francis IV, Archduke of Austria and Duke of Modena
Maria Adelaide Clothilde Xaveria Borbonia of Savoy (1794-1802)
Charles Emanuel (1796-1799) died of smallpox.
A daughter (1800-1801)
Maria Teresa Fernanda Felicitas Gaetana Pia of Savoy (1803-1879), married Charles II, Duke of Parma (1799-1883)
Maria Anna Ricarda Carlotta Margherita Pia of Savoy (1803-1884), married Ferdinand I of Austria
Maria Cristina Carlotta Giuseppina Gaetana Elise of Savoy (1812-1836), married Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Emmanuel_I_of_Sardinia

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Birthday July 24, 1759

  • The temperature on July 24, 1759 was about 20.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Anna (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1759 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1759: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 1 » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
    • July 25 » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
    • August 1 » Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
    • August 19 » Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
    • September 18 » French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
    • December 31 » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

Day of marriage April 21, 1789

  • The temperature on April 21, 1789 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1789: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 1 » In New York City, the United States House of Representatives achieves its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first Speaker.
    • June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
    • August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
    • September 11 » Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
    • September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
    • December 11 » The University of North Carolina is chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly.

Day of death January 10, 1824

  • The temperature on January 10, 1824 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent helder betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1824: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 17 » The Anglo-Dutch Treaty is signed in London, dividing the Malay archipelago. As a result, the Malay Peninsula is dominated by the British, while Sumatra and Java and surrounding areas are dominated by the Dutch.
    • July 25 » Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
    • August 5 » Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos.
    • August 6 » Peruvian War of Independence: The Battle of Junín.
    • October 9 » Slavery in Latin America: Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
    • October 21 » Portland cement is patented.


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