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Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais

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Prince Benedetto
Duke of Chablais
Born(1741-06-21)21 June 1741
Palace of Venaria,Turin
Died4 January 1808(1808-01-04)(aged 66)
Rome,Papal States
Burial
Royal Basilica of Superga,Turin
SpouseMaria Anna of Savoy
Names
Benedetto Maria Maurizio di Savoia
HouseSavoy
FatherCharles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
MotherElisabeth Therese of Lorraine

Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais(Benedetto Maria Maurizio; 21 June 1741 – 4 January 1808) was an Italian nobleman and military leader.[1]He was the youngest child of KingCharles Emmanuel III of Sardinia.He married his nieceMaria Anna of Savoy;they had no children. Benedetto was the owner of thePalazzo Chiablesein Turin.

Biography

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Chablais was born at thePalace of Venaria.[2]He was the youngest child ofCharles Emmanuel III of SardiniaandÉlisabeth Thérèse of Lorraine.His mother died giving birth to him. He was named afterPope Benedict XIVwho becamepopethe year before his birth.[2]

Known alternatively asBenedettoorMaurizio,at the time of his birth, he was third in line to the Sardinian throne after his oldest half brotherVictor Amadeus, Duke of SavoyandPrince Carlohis only full brother who died in infancy. His paternal cousins includedLouis XV of France,the futureFerdinand VI of Spainand thePrince of Carignan.His maternal cousins included the futureQueen of Naplesand the famousMarie Antoinette.

His uncleFrancis I, Holy Roman Emperor[a]proposed his daughterArchduchess Maria Christina of Austriaas a prospective wife but the marriage between the two never materialised. The Emperor wanted the marriage to encourage ties between theHouse of Lorraineand theHouse of Savoy.[b]

In 1753 his father gave what is now thePalazzo Chiableseas his personal residence. It was under Savoy that the building would be embellished under the direction of Benedetto Alfieri, a popular Savoyard architect of the era.[3]

In 1763 his father granted him theDuchy of Chablais(the prince having been styled Duke of Chablais since birth), with the subsidiary lands of Cureggio, Trino, Dezan, Crescentino, Riva di Chieri, Well, Ghemme Pollenzo Tricerro, and Apertole Centallo. His brother, laterVictor Amadeus III of Sardinia,created himMarquis of Ivreaon 19 June 1796.[1]In 1764 Chablais also bought the fiefdom ofAgliè,where theDucal Palace of Aglièwas situated, from his brother.[4]Chablais also carried out improvements to the building under the direction of Ignatius Birago Borgaro.[4]

Chablais marriedMaria Anna of Savoyat theRoyal Palace of Turinon 19 March 1775. Maria Anna was his niece, and sixth child of his oldest brotherVictor Amadeus III of Sardinia,[c]and his consortMaria Antonietta of Spain.[1]The marriage produced no children, Maria Anna dying in 1824.

Noted as a good soldier[5]Chablais was given control of theArmy of Italywhich contained French troops and intended on restoring the monarchy in France after the execution ofLouis XVIin 1793.[d]He took part in theBattle of Loano.

He died inRomeaged 66 and was buried at the church of San Nicolo dei Cesarini then later moved to theRoyal Basilica of Superga,Turin.[1]At his death the title of Duke of Chablais reverted to the crown.

Ancestry

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Notes

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  1. ^Husband ofEmpress Maria Theresa
  2. ^Maria Christina later married theDuke of Teschenin 1766
  3. ^who became king in 1773
  4. ^Louis XVI's sisterClotilde de Francewas wife ofCharles Emmanuel IVand queen consort since October 1796

References

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  1. ^abcd"Savoia".Retrieved2010-08-26.
  2. ^abReale Accademia di Medicine.1869.Retrieved2010-08-26.{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help)
  3. ^Alberto Virgilio,Napoleon Turin,Turin, rep.1989, ed. Viglongo
  4. ^ab"Storia di Agliè".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-06-22.Retrieved2010-08-26.
  5. ^Artemont. Louis Leopold d',A Sister of Louis XVI; Marie-Clotilde de france, queen of Sardinia (1759-1802),London, London, 1911, pg.86
  6. ^Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans[Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 27.
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