Charles Emmanuel II

Charles Emmanuel II (born June 20, 1634, Turin, Savoy—died June 12, 1675, Turin) was the duke of Savoy from 1638 to 1675, during a period of restoration and consolidation in the whole of Piedmont. A younger son of Victor Amadeus I of Savoy, Charles Emmanuel acceded at the age of four on the death of his brother, Francis Hyacinth, who had reigned as duke for a year. Charles Emmanuel’s minority ended in 1648, but he...