What is Prince Benedetto, Duke of Chablais?
{{Infobox royalty |title =Duke of Chablais |name = Benedetto of Savoy |spouse =Maria Anna of Savoy | succession= Duke of Chablais | reign = 19 June 1741 – 4 January 1808 |image = Ambito Piemontese - Benedetto Maurizio di Savoia, duca del Chiablese - Racconigi.jpg |house= [[House of Savoy]] |father=[[Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia]] |full name=Benedetto Maria Maurizio di Savoia |mother=[[Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine]] |birth_date ={{birth date|1741|6|21|df=y}} |birth_place= Palace of Venaria, [[Turin]] |death_date ={{death date and age|1808|1|4|1741|6|21|df=y}} |death_place= [[Rome]], Papal States |burial_place =[[Royal Basilica of Superga]], [[Turin]] }} '''Benedetto of Savoy''' (Benedetto Maria Maurizio; 21 June 1741 – 4 January 1808) was a prince of Savoy and [[Duke|Duke of Chablais]]. He was born in the reign of his father [[Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia|Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia]]. He has no descendants but had a distinguished military career. He married his niece and was the owner of the [[Palazzo Chiablese]] in Turin. ==Biography== Chablais was born at the [[Palace of Venaria]] and was the was the youngest child of [[Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia]] and [[Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine]]. His mother died giving birth to him. He was named after [[Pope Benedict XIV]] who became [[pope]] the year before his birth. His maternal cousin's included the future [[Maria Carolina of Austria|Queen of Naples]] and the famous ''[[Marie Antoinette]]''. He was his fathers favourite child. His uncle [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]] wanted him to marry his daughter daughter [[Maria Christina of Austria]] as but it never happened. In 1753 his father gave what is now the Palazzo Chiablese as a home. Chablais extended the palace. His father gave him the title of Duke of Chablais in 1763. As the son of a reigning King he was entitled to the style of ''[[Royal Highness]]''. Chablais married his niece Princess Maria Anna of Savoy on 19 March 1775. The marriage produced no children. Maria Anna died