Victor Amadeus III

Victor Amadeus III
Portrait of the Duke of Savoy wearing the badge and star of the Order of the Annuziata, by Maria Giovanna Clementi, c. 1746–61
King of Sardinia
Duke of Savoy
Reign20 February 1773 – 16 October 1796
PredecessorCharles Emmanuel III
SuccessorCharles Emmanuel IV
Born(1726-06-26)26 June 1726
Royal Palace, Turin, Savoy
Died16 October 1796(1796-10-16) (aged 70)
Castle of Moncalieri, Turin, Savoy
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1750; died 1785)
Issue
Names
Italian: Vittorio Amedeo Maria di Savoia
HouseSavoy
FatherCharles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
MotherPolyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg
ReligionRoman Catholicism
SignatureVictor Amadeus III's signature

Victor Amadeus III (Vittorio Amedeo Maria; 26 June 1726 – 16 October 1796) was King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from 20 February 1773 to his death in 1796. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until he declared war on Revolutionary France in 1792.[1] He was the father of the last three mainline Kings of Sardinia.

  1. ^ Rich. Elihu: Cyclopædia of biography, a series of original memoirs of the most distinguished persons of all times ed. by E. Rich, 1854, p 804