Victor Amadeus III

Victor Amadeus III (born June 26, 1726, Turin, Piedmont, kingdom of Sardinia [Italy]—died Oct. 16, 1796, Moncalieri, near Turin) was the Savoyard king of Sardinia (Piedmont-Sardinia) from 1773 to 1796. Victor Amadeus, the son of Charles Emmanuel III, was incapable and extravagant, and he chose equally incapable ministers. On the outbreak of the French Revolution he sided with the royalists and was eventually brought into conflict with the French Republic. Although his troops had some...