Victor Emmanuel I (July 24, 1759 - January 10, 1824) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, and Aosta, and King of Sardinia from 1802 to 1821. The second son of King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel was known from birth as the Duke of Aosta. He succeeded his brother, Charles Emmanuel IV, as King of Sardinia upon the latter's abdication in 1802. In 1793 he took an active part in the struggle of the old powers against the French Revolutionary forces in Savoy, but, … Wikipedia
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