ed. But for Charles Albert, things were going sour: the soldiers were angry about the recent defeat and were hungry and exhausted. At the beginning of 1814, Charles Albert enrolled in the military school in Bourges, hoping to become an officer in the French army. The funeral took place in Turin Cathedral on 13 October, with Alexis Billiet [fr], Archbishop of Chambéry, presiding along with five Piedmontese bishops, and was well-attended by the people. Born on October 2, 1798, as the Palazzo Carignano in Turin, Duchy of Savoy, now in Italy, he was the only son and the eldest of the two children of Carlo . Promoted to king of a united Italy. Born on October 2, 1798, as the Palazzo Carignano in Turin, Duchy of Savoy, now in Italy, he was the only son and the eldest of the two children of Carlo . Charles-Albert, roi de Sardaigne, 1798-1849 Charles Albert, 1798-1849, roi de Sardaigne Carlo Alberto, re di Sardegna, 1798-1849 קרל אלברט, מלך פימונט וסרדיניה Carlo Alberto, koning van Sardinie͏̈, 1798-1849 Karl Albert, kung av Sardinien, 1798-1849 Karl Albert konge av Sardinia 1798-1849 He succeeded his distant cousin Charles Felix, and his name is bound with the first Italian statute and the First War of Independence (1848-49). When his cousin Victor Emmanuel I was restored to the throne of Piedmont, Charles Albert returned to Milan, where the young liberals sought his aid in persuading the King to grant a popular constitution. [10], The court decided that marriage would provide the prince with internal equilibrium. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. The Battle of Goito and the surrender of Peschiera on 30 May were his last successes. Exiled from Italy, Charles Albert, who belonged to a collateral branch of the House of Savoy, was brought up in Paris and Geneva, where he was exposed to the ideas of the French Revolution. [58] He did, however, implement the so-called Perfect Fusion of the Savoyard state on 29 November 1847, which extended the reforms carried out on the mainland to the island of Sardinia. Nevertheless, the Papal soldiers in the army did not withdraw, choosing to remain to fight as volunteers, but Charles Albert had lost the moral justification for his mission. On that date, he took the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy since the 6th . 1858. The document was approved and was named the "Statute." Charles Albert (Italian: Carlo Alberto I; 2 October 1798 – 28 July 1849) was the King of Sardinia from 27 April 1831 until 23 March 1849. of Poland: 1795 Charles Emanuel IV. [94], Among the indigenous princes, the number one enemy of Italian freedom was and is Charles Albert. The most significant of these was his relationship with Maria Antonietta di Robilant (1804–1882), daughter of Friedrich Truchsess zu Waldburg (1776–1844), the Prussian ambassador to Turin[40] and wife of Maurizio di Robilant (1798–1862). [92], In the month after his arrival, his health had deteriorated irreparably. Settled by Phoenicians, Greeks, and Carthaginians before t. Found inside – Page 77In the midst of a vast majority of American representations of Italian ... Lombardy to the Kingdom of Sardinia, of having been the cause of Charles Albert's ... VICTORIA, Queen of England (1819-1901). In Turin there were acclamations for the King of Naples and the Pope, while Charles Albert remained bound by the oath he had sworn to Charles Felix to respect religiously all the fundamental laws of the monarchy, and to retain absolutist rule. Joséphine, Princess of Lorraine (1753-97) (44 years) Marriage. Regio editto pel quale sua maestà crea ne' regii stati di terra ferma un Consiglio di Stato, 1981: p. 3 (Carlo Alberto, re di Sardegna) Meanwhile, the demands of the people became pressing and were not always accepted. Then the king took a piece of paper from his pocket, which he held up for the people to see, and ripped it to pieces. Sympathetic to liberalism, he travelled to Turin in 1796, in the wake of the French invasion of 1796 and King Charles Emmanuel IV's flight into exile. The majority of the ministers were also in favour of the concession of a constitution, and of ensuring that one was not imposed by the people. As an adult he was 2.03 m tall. on the 24th, he arrived at Madrid, where he remained until 2 June, and then he set out for the south. Charles Albert (Italian: Carlo Alberto I; 2 October 1798 - 28 July 1849) was the King of Sardinia from 27 April 1831 to 23 March 1849. Immediately on ascending to the throne he had named a commission which had been tasked with creating new civil, criminal, commercial and procedural laws. On Oct. 1, 1817, Charles Albert married the archduchess Maria Theresa of Tuscany. In this case, too, the liberals, led by Dom Miguel's brother Dom Pedro, enjoyed the support of Great Britain and Louis-Philippe's France and were ultimately successful.[52]. De La Tour, Foreign Minister Solaro della Margarita, and Archbishop Luigi Fransoni [it] considered the anti-Austrian policy exceptionally dangerous, but it was supported by Minister of War Emanuele Pes di Villamarina [it], Cesare Alfieri di Sostegno, Cesare Balbo, Massimo and Roberto d'Azeglio, and the young Count Cavour.[60]. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles . The coup erupted on March 10, Victor Emmanuel abdicated on the 13th, and Charles Albert was appointed regent until the arrival of the new king, Charles Felix. In the same year he granted the Albertine Statute, the first Italian constitution, which remained in force until 1947. Charles Emanuel Of Sardinia (1701 - 1773): The Kingealogy. Charles Albert of Sardinia . The Holy Alliance of Russia, Austria, and Prussia supported Don Carlos; Great Britain, France and Portugal supported the constitutionalists. At a clash with the enemy during the crossing of the Sierra Morena, he demonstrated courage and the French made him a member of the Legion of Honour. English Wikipedia. Charles Albert (Italian: Carlo Alberto I; 2 October 1798 - 28 July 1849), also called "The Hesitant" for his variable political lines, was the King of Sardinia from 1831 to 1849. 1836-39 King Charles Albert of Savoy abolishes feudalism, bringing about a violent reaction by both the nobility and the shepherds. Originally it was a rather conservative document that set up a strong constitutional monarchy; its spirit was subsequently altered, at first in a liberal way, to . Charles Albert (1798-1849) was king of Sardinia (Piedmont) from 1831 to 1849. Charles Albert, Italian Carlo Alberto, (born Oct. 2, 1798, Turin, Piedmont, French Republic—died July 28, 1849, Oporto, Port. The future king of Sardinia, Charles Albert, was born on 2 October 1798 into the Savoia-Carignano branch of the ruling house of Savoy, the son of Carlo Emanuele, Prince of Carignano, and Princess Maria Cristina Albertina of Saxony-Courland. Charles Albert, who assumed the throne in 1831, entertained expansionist if not patriotic ideas. When he was twelve years old, Charles Albert and his mother were finally granted an audience with Napoleon, who granted the boy the title of count and an annual pension. No description. His Side; Her Side; Our Blog; 23andMe; DNA Tree Coming Soon! Victor Emmanuel and Adelaide were thus first cousins. He retained Vittorio Amedeo Sallier della Torre [it] as Minister of Foreign Affairs until 1835, when he replaced him with the extremely conservative Clemente Solaro. Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878) was king of Sardinia from 1849 to 1861 and then the first king of Italy until 1878. Twenty-one were condemned to death but could not be executed because they had escaped or, like Mazzini, had been abroad the whole time. Charles Albert sides with the former group, but in the Carlist War of 1833–1840, the constitutionalists prevailed. On 21 May, the contingent of 14,000 men from the Neapolitan army which were en route to fight against the Austrians, were ordered by Ferdinand II to return home in light of Pius IX's decision. At the beginning of 1848, news arrived that following the outbreak of the Spring of Nations, Ferdinand II had granted a constitution in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. After that, on 6 October, the couple departed for Piedmont. At the Adda, some manoeuvres taken by a general on his own initiative left a division isolated and made it necessary to withdraw again, in order to retreat inside the walls of Milan. [45][46], In June 1831, Giuseppe Mazzini, who was in exile in Marseilles, addressed a letter to Charles Albert as "an Italian," in which he encouraged him to focus on the unification of Italy, in vain. Charles Albert of Sardinia is the 1,954th most popular politician (down from 1,641st in 2019), the 728th most popular biography from Italy (down from 614th in 2019) and the 134th most popular Italian Politician. Chrzanowski made some significant tactical errors and despite the bravery of the Piedmontese and Charles Albert himself, who fought along with his son Ferdinand in the front lines, the Battle of Novara proved a disastrous defeat. As a result of this visit, he gained an accurate understanding of conditions on the island. The King of Sardinia from 27 April 1831 until 23 March 1849. Surnames; First Names; Search People; Search Families; Search Site; Places; Dates; Calendar; Cemeteries; Bookmarks; Media. Instead, he accepted the advice of Cesare Balbo, who reported the discipline of the armed forces, stopped excesses and firmly established the troops loyal to the king. The Austrian army took the military initiative in Lombardy. On 3 May, he hosted Giacinto Provana di Collegno and Luigi Cibrario, who brought him greetings from the Piedmontese government. With the restoration of 1814 he returned to Piedmont, where he made friends with the young liberal aristocrats who planned the May 1821 . Two further events followed in the next few days. His health was poor; he suffered from a liver disease. On 3 September, the ships, Mozambano and Goito arrived under the command of his cousin Eugene Emmanuel. These appointments were made with the intent of restoring a ministerial oligarchy. Charles Felix (Carlo Felice Giuseppe Maria; 6 April 1765 - 27 April 1831) was born a Prince of Savoy and was later the last mainline Savoyard monarch of Sardinia. The treaty, signed on 23 July 1831 and ratified in 1836, entrusted the defence of the Kingdom of Sardinia to Austria. He read the letters and newspapers which arrived from Italy. In 1808, Maria Christina married for a second time, to Giuseppe Massimiliano Thibaut di Montléart, whose relationship with Charles Albert was poor. Home Search Login Your Bookmarks Find. But Austrian power was too great, and by 1849 Piedmont was soundly defeated. Insurrections broke out in Naples and Palermo. In 1831 he appointed Gaudenzio Maria Caccia, Count of Romentino (1765–1834) as minister of Finance, Giuseppe Barbaroux [it] as Minister of Justice, and the reformer, Antonio Tonduti, Count of Escarèna (1771–1856), as minister of the Interior. He was born at the Palazzo Carignano in Turin on 2 October 1798, to Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano and Maria Cristina of Saxony. According to the noblewoman Cristina Trivulzio di Belgiojoso, who participated actively in the riots in Milan: A contingent of the national guard went up to interrogate Charles Albert on the reason for the surrender. Two years later, he becomes Prime Minister of Piedmont-Sardinia. 1852: Count Camillo Benso di Cavour is installed as the new, liberal minister of Sardinia and the island, along with Savoy, quickly becomes a torchbearer for Italian unification. and prepared to make a stand at the Oglio (about 25 km further east than requested by Radetzky).[77]. Charles Albert ratified the armistice despite some opposition, including from Gioberti, who remained confident of aid from France. After that in the line of succession there were two further brothers of Charles Emmanuel IV: Maurizio Giuseppe and Charles Felix. The war did indeed resume on that day. 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