What is Victor Emmanuel I of Sardinia?
{{Infobox royalty | type = monarch | name = Victor Emmanuel I | image = VictorEmanuelelI.jpg | caption =Victor Emanuel I in Coronation Robes | succession = [[List of monarchs of Sardinia|King of Sardinia]] and [[Duke of Savoy]] | reign = 4 June 1802 – 12 March 1821 | predecessor = [[Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia|Charles Emmanuel IV]] | successor = [[Charles Felix of Sardinia|Charles Felix]] | spouse = [[Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1773–1832)|Maria Teresa of Austria-Este]] | issue = [[Maria Beatrice of Savoy|Maria Beatrice, Duchess of Modena]]<br>[[Maria Teresa of Savoy|Maria Teresa, Duchess of Parma]]<br>[[Maria Anna of Sardinia|Maria Anna, Empress of Austria]]<br>[[Maria Christina of Savoy|Maria Christina, Queen of the Two Sicilies]] | issue-link = #Family and children | issue-pipe = among others... | full name = Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia | house = [[House of Savoy]] | father = [[Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia]] | mother = [[Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1759|7|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Royal Palace of Turin]], [[Turin]], [[Kingdom of Sardinia]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1824|1|10|1759|7|24|df=y}} | death_place = [[Castle of Moncalieri]], [[Turin]], [[Kingdom of Sardinia]] | burial_place= [[Basilica of Superga]], Turin | religion = [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholicism]] }} '''Victor Emmanuel I''' (''Vittorio Emanuele''; 24 July 1759–10 January 1824) was King of [[Sardinia]] from 1802 to 1821. ==Biography== Born at the [[Royal Palace of Turin]], he was the second son of King [[Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia]] and [[Maria Antonia of Spain]]. From birth he was known as the [[Duke of Aosta]]. His older brother [[Charles Emmanuel IV]] abdicated in 1802 and Victor Emmanuel succeeded him. He ruled Sardinia from [[Cagliari]] for the next twelve years as the mainland Kingdom of Sardinia had been captured by the French. Victor Emmanuel returned to [[Turin]] only in 1814, his realm reconstituted b