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- Italian:
- Carlo Felice
- Born:
- April 6, 1765, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
- Died:
- April 27, 1831, Turin (aged 66)
- Title / Office:
- king (1821-1831), Sardinia
- House / Dynasty:
- House of Savoy
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Charles Felix
king of Sardinia-Piedmont
Charles Felix (born April 6, 1765, Turin, Kingdom of Sardiniaādied April 27, 1831, Turin) was the duke of Savoy and king of SardiniaāPiedmont (1821ā31).
The 11th child of Victor Amadeus III, he succeeded to his position when his brother Victor Emmanuel I abdicated in the face of an uprising of revolutionaries who demanded a new constitution. The revolution collapsed upon the intervention of Austrian troops, however, and Charles Felix ruled as an absolute sovereign for 10 years. He was the last ruler of the main Savoy line, being succeeded by Charles Albert.
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