Charles Felix of Sardinia

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Charles Felix King of Sardinia Reign March 12, 1821 – April 27, 1831 Full name Carlo Felice Giuseppe Maria Born April 6, 1765 Turin, Piedmont Died April 27, 1831 Turin, Piedmont Predecessor Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia Successor Charles Albert, King of Sardinia Consort Maria Christina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Issue Vittorio Emanuele II Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa Royal House House of Savoy Father Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia Mother Maria Antonia of Spain

Charles Felix (Carlo Felice Giuseppe Maria, April 6, 1765–April 27, 1831) was the Duke of Savoy, Piedmont, Aosta and King of Sardinia from 1821 to 1831.

He was the eleventh child and fifth son born to Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonietta of Bourbon. His maternal grandparents were Philip V of Spain and Elizabeth Farnese.

He was a younger brother of Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia and Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia. He was not expected to ever succeed to the throne. However Charles Emmanuel never had any children and abdicated the throne on June 4, 1802. Victor Emmanuel had four living daughters when he abdicated the throne in 1821. As the succession was regulated by the Salic Law, Charles Felix succeeded his brother on the throne.

He was married by proxy to Maria Cristina, Princess of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (January 17, 1779- March 11, 1849) on 7 March 1807. She was a daughter of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Marie Caroline of Austria.

Charles Felix died without issue after a reign of ten years. He was succeeded by the senior male of his House as Charles Albert of Sardinia.

Coat of Arms of the Kings of Sardinia of the House of Savoy after 1815.

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