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Prince Maurizio, Duke of Montferrat

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Father
  
Victor Amadeus III

Name
  
Prince Duke


Died
  
September 1, 1799

House
  
House of Savoy

Prince Maurizio, Duke of Montferrat

Burial
  
Cathedral of Alghero, Sardinia

Mother
  
Maria Antonietta of Spain

Parents
  
Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia

Grandparents
  
Philip V of Spain, Elisabeth Farnese, Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg

Great-grandparents
  
Louis, Grand Dauphin

Similar People
  
Victor Amadeus III of Sardi, Maria Antonia Ferdinan, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sard, Princess Maria Theresa, Charles Emmanuel III of Sardi

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

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Biography

Prince Maurizio was born at the Royal Palace of Turin in 1762. He was the ninth child but the fourth son of King Victor Amadeus of Savoy (then styled the "Duke of Savoy") and Queen Maria Antonia Ferdinanda 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. As a royal prince, he received an appanage of 20 Million Piedmont scudo.

To escape the threat of Napoleon I, the duke of Montferrat fled to Sardinia with his brothers Victor Emmanuel and Charles Felix where the trio lived in the Palazzo Carcassona.

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. 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.

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

    Prince Maurizio, Duke of Montferrat Wikipedia