Carlo Francesco, Duke of Aosta (Carlo Francesco Maria Augusto; 1 December 1738 – 25 March 1745) was a prince of Savoy. He was born in the reign of his father Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia.

Biography

Prince Carlo was born at the Palace of Venaria,

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. He was the first child of his father

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and Élisabeth Thérèse of Lorraine. His mother died giving birth to his brother Prince Benedetto, named after

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who became

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the year before his birth. At the time of his birth, he was third in line to the Sardinian throne after his father and his oldest half brother Victor Amadeus, Duke of Savoy. His paternal cousins included

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, the future

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and the Prince of Carignan. His maternal cousin's included the future Queen of Naples and the famous ''

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''. He died in

aged 7, and was buried at Royal Basilica of Superga, Turin.

Ancestry

References

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