| Maurizio | |
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| Duke of Montferrat | |
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| Maurizio Giuseppe Maria di Savoia | |
| Father | Victor Amadeus III |
| Mother | Maria Antonietta of Spain |
| Born | 13 December 1762 Royal Palace of Turin, Turin |
| Died | 1 September 1799 (aged 36) Palazzo Carcassona, Sardinia |
| Burial | Cathedral of Alghero, Sardinia |
Maurizio of Savoy (Maurizio Giuseppe Maria; 13 December 1762 – 1 September 1799) was a prince of Savoy and styled the Duke of Montferrat.[1]
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Montferrat was born at the Royal Palace of Turin in 1762. He was the ninth child of Victor Amadeus of Savoy (then styled the "Duke of Savoy") and Maria Antonietta 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.[2] As a royal prince, he received an appanage of 20 Million Piedmont scudo.[3]
In order to escape the threat of Napoleon I, Montferrat fled to Sardinia with his brothers the Duke of Aosta and Charles Felix of Sardinia where the trio lived in the Palazzo Carcassona.[4] His oldest brother Charles Emmanuel IV fled to Rome. In June 1799 his brother Charles Emmanuel created him the Governor of the provine of Sassari Montferrat himself died on the island in 1799.[5] He died of Malaria and was buried at the Cathedral of Alghero.[1] His younger brother Giuseppe, Count of Asti also died of Malaria in 1802.[1]
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