Charles Emmanuel IV.

Charles Emmanuel IV (May 24, 1751 – October 6, 1819) was King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Kingdom of Sardinia, also known as Piedmont-Sardinia or Sardinia-Piedmont, was the name given to the possessions of the House of Savoy in 1720 when the

Biography

Charles Emmanuel was born in Turin, the eldest son of King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia (at the time styled "Duke of Savoy") and of his wife Infanta Antonia of Spain. Victor Amadeus III ( Italian Vittorio Amedeo III di Savoia, June 26 1726 - October 16 1796) was King of Sardinia Infanta Maria Antonietta Ferdinanda of Spain ( November 17, 1729 - September 19, 1785) was Queen of Sardinia as the wife of King From his birth until his own succession to the throne of Sardinia in 1796 Charles Emmanuel was styled "Prince of Piedmont". Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy.

In 1775 Charles Emmanuel married Marie Clotilde of France, the daughter of Louis, Dauphin of France and Princess Marie-Josèphe of Saxony, and sister of King Louis XVI of France. Life Early life She was the elder daughter of Louis Dauphin of France, the only son of King Louis XV, and the Dauphin's wife Princess Louis XVI ( 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) Louis-Auguste de France, ruled as King of France and Navarre Although the union was arranged for political reasons, Charles Emmanuel and his wife became devoted to each other. Their attempts to have children, however, were unsuccessful.

At the death of his father (October 14, 1796), Charles Emmanuel succeeded as King of Sardinia. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The kingdom included not only the island of Sardinia, but also significant territories in northwest Italy including all of Piedmont. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy.

At his succession to the throne in 1796, Sardinia had been forced to conclude the disadvantageous Treaty of Paris (1796) with the French Republic, giving the French army free passage through Piedmont. The Treaty of Paris of May 15 1796 was a Treaty between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia during the War of the First The First Republic in France, officially the French Republic (République française was proclaimed on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution. On December 6, 1798, the French under Joubert occupied Turin and forced Charles Emanuel to abdicate all his territories on the Italian mainland and to withdraw to the island of Sardinia, which stayed out of the reach of the French army. Events 1060 - Béla I of Hungary is crowned king of Hungary 1240 - Mongol invasion of Rus: Kiev Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Barthélemy Catherine Joubert ( April 14, 1769 &mdash August 15, 1799) was a French general The following year he tried unsuccessfully to regain Piedmont. Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. He and his wife lived in Rome and in Naples as guests of the wealthy Colonna family. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the The Colonna family was a powerful noble family in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one Pope and many other leaders

Coat of Arms of Kings of Sardinia of House of Savoy after 1720.

On March 7, 1802 Charles Emmanuel's wife Marie Clothilde died. Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the He was so moved by her death that he decided to abdicate, June 4, 1802 in favour of his brother Victor Emmanuel. Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Victor Emmanuel I ( July 24, 1759 &ndash January 10, 1824) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, and Aosta, and King Charles Emmanuel retained the personal title of King. He lived in Rome and in the nearby town of Frascati. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Frascati is a town and commune in the Province of Rome in the Latium region of central Italy.

In Frascati he was a frequent guest of his second-cousin Henry Benedict Stuart, Cardinal Duke of York, last member of the Royal House of Stuart. Frascati is a town and commune in the Province of Rome in the Latium region of central Italy. Henry Benedict Cardinal Stuart ( 11 March 1725 &ndash 13 July 1807) was the fourth and final Jacobite heir to publicly claim the thrones The House of Stuart or Stewart was a Royal house of the Kingdom of Scotland, later also of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of

When Henry died in 1807, Charles Emmanuel became the senior heir-general of King Charles I of England and Scotland, and was thus regarded by Jacobites as King Charles IV of England, Scotland, France and Ireland. Charles I, (19 November 1600 &ndash 30 January 1649 was King of England, Scotland and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution. Jacobitism was (and to a limited extent remains the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland There is no documentary evidence that Charles Emmanuel ever attempted to make a public claim to the title of King of England or Scotland.

Indeed, in 1815 at the age of sixty-four Charles Emmanuel took simple vows in the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). In the Canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, public Vows are either simple vows or solemn vows. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order He was never ordained to the priesthood, but lived the rest of his life at the Jesuit novitiate in Rome.

Charles Emmanuel died at Rome, October 6, 1819. Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year He is buried in the Church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale. Sant'Andrea al Quirinale is the church of the Jesuit seminary on the Quirinal Hill in Rome.

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• Charles IV (Jacobite)