Charles Felix of Sardinia
Italian campaign (1792–1798)
Italian campaign (1792–1798\)
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When war broke out with France, Charles Felix did not distinguish himself as a soldier, despite having received a military education. In 1792, after the French occupation of the Duchy of Savoy and the county of Nice, he followed the troops to [Saluzzo](/wiki/Saluzzo "Saluzzo") and in 1793, he accompanied his father, Victor Amadeus III, who had directed the operations for the reconquest of Nice and Savoy along with the Austrians under general J. de Vins, into the [Susa Valley](/wiki/Susa_Valley "Susa Valley"), to [Pinerolo](/wiki/Pinerolo "Pinerolo"), [Cuneo](/wiki/Cuneo "Cuneo"), and [Tende](/wiki/Tende "Tende").

Charles Felix remained very far from the front lines in any case. In spring 1794, after the arrival in Aosta of his brother the Duke of Monferrat, Charles Felix and Giuseppe Placido went to [Morgex](/wiki/Morgex "Morgex") in order to retake some positions of relative strategic importance, but they did not achieve anything.S. Costa di Beauregard, Unhomme d'autrefois, Paris 1877, p. 274

On 28 April 1796, Victor Amadeus III was forced to sign the [Armistice of Cherasco](/wiki/Armistice_of_Cherasco "Armistice of Cherasco") with the French, which was followed by the [Treaty of Paris](/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_%281796%29 "Treaty of Paris (1796)") on 15 May, which accepted French control of Nice, Savoy, Genevoise, and some fortresses. Charles Felix, who had been titled Duke of Genoa, obtained the title of Marquis of Susa in compensation for his nominal loss.

Victor Amadeus III died in October of the same year and was succeeded as Prince of Piedmont by Charles Emmanuel IV. The relationship between the new king and Charles Felix had never been good but now deteriorated as the king strove to keep his brothers in the dark about affairs of the state.

Two years into his reign, Charles Emmanuel IV was forced to surrender all royal control on the mainland. Along with the king and the rest of the royal family, Charles Felix left Turin on the evening of 9 December 1798 for [Cagliari](/wiki/Cagliari "Cagliari"), where they arrived on 3 March 1799\.


When did they arrive in Cagliari?