| Victor Amadeus III | |||||
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 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 | |||||
| Reign | 20 February 1773 – 16 October 1796 | ||||
| Predecessor | Charles Emmanuel III | ||||
| Successor | Charles Emmanuel IV | ||||
| Born | 26 June 1726 Royal Palace, Turin, Savoy | ||||
| Died | 16 October 1796 (aged 70) Castle of Moncalieri, Turin, Savoy | ||||
| Burial | Basilica of Superga, Turin | ||||
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| House | Savoy | ||||
| Father | Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia | ||||
| Mother | Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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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.
- ^ 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