Family and Children
In 1817, Charles Albert married his second cousin once removed, Maria Theresa of Austria, the youngest daughter of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily. The couple had the following children:
- Victor Emmanuel II (1820–78) married Adelaide of Austria
- Prince Ferdinand of Savoy (1822–55), Duke of Genoa married Princess Elisabeth of Saxony
- Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy (1826–27) died in infancy.
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