Charles Felix of Sardinia

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Charles Felix King of Sardinia Reign March 12, 1821 – April 27, 1831 Full name Carlo Felice Giuseppe Maria Born April 6, 1765(1765-04-06) Birthplace Turin, Piedmont Died April 27, 1831 (aged 66) Place of death Turin, Piedmont Predecessor Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia Successor Charles Albert, King of Sardinia Consort Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Issue None Royal House House of Savoy Father Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia Mother Maria Antonia of Spain

Charles Felix I of Sardinia (Carlo Felice Giuseppe Maria, April 6, 1765–April 27, 1831) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831.

He was the eleventh child and fifth son born to Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonietta of Spain. His maternal grandparents were Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth of Parma.

He was a younger brother of Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia and Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia. He was not expected to ever succeed to the throne. However Charles Emmanuel never had any children and abdicated the throne on June 4, 1802. Victor Emmanuel had four living daughters when he abdicated the throne in 1821. As the succession was regulated by the Salic Law, Charles Felix succeeded his brother on the throne.

He was married by proxy to Maria Cristina, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (January 17, 1779- March 11, 1849) on 7 March 1807. She was a daughter of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Marie Caroline of Austria.

Charles Felix died without issue after a reign of ten years. He was succeeded by the senior male of his House as Charles Albert of Sardinia.

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The Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa is entitled to him.

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Charles Felix of Sardinia's ancestors in three generations

Charles Felix of Sardinia	Father: Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia	Paternal Grandfather: Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia	Paternal Great-grandfather: Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Anne Marie of Orléans
		Paternal Grandmother: Polyxena Christina of Hesse-Rotenburg	Paternal Great-grandfather: Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
	Mother: Maria Antonietta of Spain	Maternal Grandfather: Philip V of Spain	Maternal Great-grandfather: Louis, le Grand Dauphin
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Maria Anna of Bavaria
		Maternal Grandmother: Elisabeth of Parma	Maternal Great-grandfather: Odoardo II Farnese
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg

Charles Felix of Sardinia House of Savoy Born: 6 April 1765 Died: 27 April 1831
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Preceded by Victor Emmanuel I	King of Sardinia 1821-1831	Succeeded by Charles Albert