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Prince Maurizio, Duke of Montferrat

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Maurizio of Savoy
Duke of Montferrat
His tomb, in Alghero.
Born13 December 1762
Royal Palace of Turin, Turin
Died1 September 1799(1799-09-01) (aged 36)
Palazzo Carcassona, Sardinia
Burial
Cathedral of Alghero, Sardinia
Names
Maurizio Giuseppe Maria di Savoia
HouseHouse of Savoy
FatherVictor Amadeus III
MotherMaria Antonietta of Spain

Maurizio of Savoy (Maurizio Giuseppe Maria; 13 December 1762 – 1 September 1799) was a prince of Savoy and styled the Duke of Montferrat.[1]

Biography

Prince Maurizio was born at the Royal Palace of Turin in 1762. He was the ninth child -but the fourth boy- of King Victor Amadeus of Savoy (then styled the "Duke of Savoy") and Queen Maria Antonietta of Spain. He was styled the Duke of Montferrat from birth. The capital of Montferrat, Casale Monferrato, was the scene of great celebration at his birth in his honour.[2] As a royal prince, he received an appanage of 20 Million Piedmont scudo.[3]

In order to escape the threat of Napoleon I, Montferrat fled to Sardinia with his brothers Victor Emmanuel and Charles Felix where the trio lived in the Palazzo Carcassona.[4]

His oldest brother Charles Emmanuel fled to Rome. In June 1799 his brother Charles Emmanuel created him Governor of the province of Sassari. Montferrat died on the island in 1799.[5] He died of Malaria and was buried at the Cathedral of Alghero. His younger brother Giuseppe, Count of Asti also died of malaria in 1802.[1]

Ancestry

Family of Prince Maurizio, Duke of Montferrat
16. Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy
8. Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
17. Marie Jeanne of Savoy
4. Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
18. Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans
9. Anne Marie d'Orléans
19. Henrietta of England
2. Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
20. William of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg
10. Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg
21. Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
5. Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg
22. Maximilian Carl Albrecht of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
11. Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort
23. Polyxena Maria of Lichtenberg und Belasi
1. Maurizio of Savoy
24. Louis XIV of France
12. Louis, Grand Dauphin
25. Maria Theresa of Austria
6. Philip V of Spain
26. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria
13. Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria
27. Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy
3. Infanta Maria Antonietta of Spain
28. Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma
14. Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma
29. Isabella d'Este
7. Elisabeth Farnese
30. Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine
15. Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg
31. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

Titles and styles

  • 13 December 1762 – 1 September 1799 His Royal Highness the Duke of Montferrat.

References

  1. ^ a b "Savoia". Retrieved 26 August 2010.
  2. ^ Conti. Vincenzo de: Notizie storiche della cittá di Casale del Monferrato, Volume 10, Tipografia Mantelli, 1841, p. 229
  3. ^ Regolo. Luciano: La reginella santa: tutto il racconto della vita di Maria Cristina di Savoia, sovrana delle Due Sicilie, Simonelli Editore, 2000, p. 450
  4. ^ Memorie di religione, di morale e di letteratura, Eredi Soliani, 1833, p. 115
  5. ^ Bertolotti, Davide: Istoria della R. Casa di Savoia, Antonio Fontana, Turin, 1830, p. 289
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