Page "Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia" Paragraph 7

In the War of the Polish Succession Charles Emmanuel sided with the French-backed king Stanislaw I.

After the treaty of alliance signed in Turin, on 28 October 1733 he marched on Milan and occupied Lombardy without significant losses.

However, when France tried to convince Philip V of Spain to join the coalition, he asked to receive Milan and Mantua in exchange.

This was not acceptable for Charles Emmanuel, as it would recreate a Spanish domination in Italy as it had been in the previous centuries.

While negotiations continued about the matter, the Savoy-French-Spanish troops attacked Mantua under the supreme command of Charles Emmanuel himself.