Topic: Charles Albert

Charles Albert

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 920 days ago
Exiled from Italy, Charles Albert, who belonged to a collateral branch of the House of Savoy, was brought up in Paris and Geneva, where he was exposed to the ideas of the French Revolution. When his cousin Victor Emmanuel I was restored ...

Battle of Novara

The Encyclopedia Britannica - 920 days ago
Battle of Novara, , battle of the first Italian War of Independence in which 70,000 Austrian troops under Field Marshal Joseph Radetzky thoroughly defeated 100,000 poorly trained Italian troops (not all of whom were actually employed in the battle) under Charles ...

Charles VII

Encyclopedia Britannica - 922 days ago
Charles VII, also called Charles Albert, German Karl Albrecht (b. Succeeding to the Bavarian throne in 1726, Charles Albert renounced any claims to the Austrian succession when he recognized the emperor Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanction that established the Emperor's daughter ...