Vittorio Amedeo, 5th Prince of Carignano

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Vittorio Amedeo of Savoy
5th Prince of Carignano
Born 31 October 1743
Palazzo Carignano, Turin
Died 10 September 1780
Turin, Italy
Spouse Princess Joséphine of Lorraine
Issue Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano
Full name
Vittorio Amedeo di Savoia
House House of Savoy (Carignano branch)
Father Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano
Mother Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg
Burial Royal Basilica of Superga, Turin, Savoy

Vittorio Amedeo of Savoy (5th) Prince of Carignano (31 October 1743 – 10 September 1780) was a member of the Carignano cadet branch of the House of Savoy and the fifth Prince of Carignano. The brother of the brutally murdered Princesse de Lamballe he was also the paternal grandfather of King Charles Albert of Sardinia.

Marriage[edit]

On 18 October 1768 at Oulx he married Princess Joséphine of Lorraine, daughter of Louis, Prince of Brionne.

Issue[edit]

  1. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano (31 October 1743 – 10 September 1780) married Princess Maria Christina of Saxony and had issue.



Titles[edit]

  • 31 October 1743 – 16 December 1778 Prince Vittorio Amadeo of Savoy.
  • – 16 December 1778 – 10 September 1780 The Prince of Carignano.


Honours[edit]