Amedeus Alexander of Savoy

Amedeus Alexander of Savoy
Prince of Savoy
Born	(1754-10-05)5 October 1754 Royal Palace of Turin
Died	29 April 1755(1755-04-29) (aged 0) Turin
Burial	Basilica of Superga, Turin
House	House of Savoy
Father	Victor Amadeus III of Savoy
Mother	Maria Antonietta of Spain

Amedeus Alexander of Savoy (5 October 1754 – 29 April 1755) was a Prince of Savoy by birth, son of the king of Sardinia Victor Amadeus III of Savoy and his wife Maria Antonietta of Spain (daughter of Philip V of Spain).^[1]

Biography

Born to the Duke and Duchess of Savoy at the Royal Palace of Turin, she was the couples fourth child. Her sisters included the future "grand daughters in law" of Louis XV of France, Princess Maria Giuseppina, who married the future Louis XVIII of France in 1771 and Princess Maria Teresa, wife of the future Charles X of France, married in 1773. Her sisters brother in law was Louis XVI of France. Another sister Maria Carolina married Anthony of Saxony.^[2]

Her brothers included the last three kings of Sardinia from the mainline; the future Charles Emmanuel IV, Victor Emmanuel I and Charles Felix of Sardinia.

Death

Amedeus Alexander died on 29 April 1755, in Turin, with only six months. He was buried in the Basilica of Superga, traditional burial site of the House of Savoy.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Amedeus Alexander of Savoy

16. Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy

8. Victor Amadeus II of Savoy

17. Marie Jeanne of Savoy

4. Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia

18. Philippe I, Duke of Orléans

9. Anne Marie d'Orléans

19. Princess Henrietta of England

2. Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia

20. William of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg

10. Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg

21. Maria Anna of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

5. Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg

22. Maximilian Carl of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

11. Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort

23. Polyxena Maria of Lichtenberg und Belasi

1. Prince Amedeus Alexander of Savoy

24. Louis XIV of France

12. Louis, Grand Dauphin

25. Maria Theresa of Austria

6. Philip V of Spain

26. Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria

13. Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria

27. Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy

3. Maria Antonietta of Spain

28. Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma

14. Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma

29. Isabella d'Este

7. Elisabeth Farnese

30. Philipp Wilhelm, Elector Palatine

15. Dorothea Sophie of the Palatinate

31. Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

References

↑ "Savoia". Retrieved 2010-08-26.
↑ Conti. Vincenzo de: Notizie storiche della cittá di Casale del Monferrato, Volume 10, Tipografia Mantelli, 1841, p 229

Princes of Savoy

1st Generation	None

2nd Generation	Prince Anthony Prince Anthony Louis, Duke of Savoy Amadeus, Prince of Piemont Philip, Prince of Achaea

3rd Generation	Amadeus, Duke of Savoy Louis, Count of Geneva Prince Giovanni Philip, Duke of Savoy Giano, Count of Faucigny and Geneva Pietro, Bishop of Geneva Prince Aimone Prince Giacomo Giovanni Ludovico, Bishop of Geneva Jacques, Count of Romont

4th Generation	Prince Luigi Carlo, Prince of Piedmont Philibert, Duke of Savoy Prince Bernardo Charles, Duke of Savoy James Louis, Count of Genevois Prince Gian Claudio Galeazzo Prince Girolamo Philibert, Duke of Savoy Charles, Duke of Savoy Prince Louis Philippe, Duke of Nemours Prince Assolone Prince Giovanni Amedeo Prince Emanuele Filiberto Adriano Prince Louis Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

5th Generation	Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy Jacques, Duke of Nemours

6th Generation	Filippo Emanuele, Prince of Piedmont Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Nemours Henri, Prince de Genevois Prince Louis Prince François Paul Henri, Duke of Nemours Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano Maurice, Cardinal of Savoy Prince Emmanuel Filibert

7th Generation	Prince Louis Amadeus Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano Joseph Emmanuel, Count of Soissons Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons

8th Generation	Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia Victor Amadeus, Prince of Carignano Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons Emanuel Philibert, Count of Dreux Prince Philippe Prince Eugene Prince Louis Jules

9th Generation	Victor Amadeus, Prince of Piedmont Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia Emanuele Philibert, Duke of Chablais Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano Eugenio, Count of Villafranca Prince Tommaso Emmanuel Thomas, Count of Soissons

10th Generation	Victor Amadeus, Duke of Aosta Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta Carlo, Duke of Chablais Carlo, Duke of Aosta Benedetto, Duke of Chablais Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano Prince Tommaso Eugene Jean, Count of Soissons Giuseppe Maria, Count of Villafranca

11th Generation	Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia Amedeus Alexander, Duke of Montferrat Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia Maurizio, Duke of Montferrat Charles Felix, King of Sardinia Giuseppe, Count of Asti Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano Eugenio, Duke of Carignano

12th Generation	Charles Albert, King of Sardinia

13th Generation	King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa

14th Generation	King Umberto I of Italy King Amadeo I of Spain Oddone, Duke of Montferrat Tommaso, Duke of Genoa**

15th Generation	King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta* Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin* Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi* Umberto, Count of Salemi* Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa Filiberto, Duke of Genoa Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo Eugenio, Duke of Genoa

16th Generation	King Umberto II of Italy Amedeo, Duke of Aosta* Aimone, Duke of Aosta*

17th Generation	Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples Amedeo, Duke of Aosta***

18th Generation	Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont Aimone, Duke of Apulia***

19th generation	Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, Prince of Piedmont* Prince Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi*

* member of a cadet branch of the House of Savoy ** Prince of Savoy-Genoa *** Prince of Savoy-Aosta

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