Charles Emmanuel IV

Charles Emmanuel IV (born May 24, 1751, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia—died Oct. 6, 1819, Rome) was a weak but religious king of Sardinia–Piedmont who was forced to abdicate to the French after ruling for only six years. Charles Emmanuel succeeded to the throne vacated by his father, Victor Amadeus III, on Oct. 14, 1796. When his kingdom was disturbed by several republican uprisings in 1797, he became unpopular for executing revolutionaries, including many Jacobins, who...