Editing Charles Albert of Sardinia (section)

=== Accession to the throne ===
[[File:Carlo Alberto by Cavalleri.jpg|150px|right|thumb|Charles Albert after his coronation, by Ferdinando Cavalleri (1831)]]
In 1830, Charles Felix became very ill. He summoned Charles Albert to his sick bed on 24 April 1831. The entire government was present in the room as the king said to the ministers, "Behold my heir and successor, I am sure that he will act for the good of his subjects".<ref>{{harvnb|Bertoldi|pp=159–162}}</ref>

Charles Felix died on 27 April at 2:45 pm. Charles Albert closed the corpse's eyes, kissed its hand and then assumed the throne. He received the dignitaries of court and brought his sons into the [[Royal Palace of Turin|Royal Palace]]. At 5:00 pm, the troops rendered their oaths to the new king at the direction of Governor {{ill|Ignazio Thaon di Revel|it}}, who published the proclamation relating to this. Thus the throne passed to the House of Carignano and the direct line of Savoy came to an end.<ref>{{harvnb|Comandini, II|p=290}}</ref>