Editing Victor Amadeus III (section)

==King of Sardinia==
[[File:Ritratto di Re Vittorio Amedeo III di Sardegna.jpg|left|thumb|Portrait of Victor Amadeus III his in coronation robes by Ludovico Tesio, {{Circa|1780}}]]
When Victor Amadeus came to the throne in 1773 he started working on bureaucratic and military aspects of the reign. He was suspicious of anything innovative. However, he did implement several public works as well as paying a great deal of attention to his administration and armed forces. He approved and set up two new important cultural state institutions on the advice of the bourgeoisie and aristocracy alike. He started works of improvements in the port of [[Nice]], and had dams in the Arce and the road of the Côte built.[[File:Armoiries Sardaigne 1720.svg|thumb|right|Arms of Victor Amadeus III's youngest son, Charles Felix]]At the outbreak of the [[French Revolution]], Victor Amadeus III allowed his two sons-in-law, the Counts of Artois and Provence and the Princesses [[Princess Marie Adélaïde of France|Marie Adélaïde]] and [[Princess Victoire of France|Victoire]] to stay in his kingdom under his protection. After four years of fighting, the French under [[Napoleon|Bonaparte]] had finally beaten the Piedmontese army in the [[Battle of Montenotte]] (12 April 1796), the [[Battle of Millesimo]] (13–14 April 1796) and the [[Battle of Mondovi]] (21 April 1796). On 26 April the French proclaimed the [[Republic of Alba]] in the occupied territories. Two days later, with the Armistice of Cherasco, the republic was ceded back to Victor Amadeus. 

He was forced to sign the [[Treaty of Paris (1796)|Treaty of Paris]] on 15 May, abandoning the [[First Coalition]] against the French Republic. The terms of the treaty required him to cede the fortresses of [[Cuneo]], [[Ceva]], [[Alessandria]] and [[Tortona]] to France, and allow free passage of the latter's armies towards Italy. He was also compelled to cede Nice and [[Savoy]]. 

He died on 16 October 1796 at the [[Castle of Moncalieri]] having suffered an attack of [[apoplexy]]. Victor Amadeus died leaving an economically damaged kingdom and two key provinces &ndash; Savoy and Nice &ndash; devastated, having suffered at the hands of French revolutionary forces. He was buried at the [[Basilica of Superga]] in Turin.<ref>Bertolotti. Davide:''Istoria della R. Casa di Savoia'', Antonio Fontana, 1830, p 289</ref>