Vittorio Amedeo Costa

Vittorio Amedeo Filiberto Costa, conte di Trinità (* 1698 in Turin ; † May 2, 1777 ibid) was a general and viceroy of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont .

Life

Vittorio Amedeo Costa, Count of Trinità, came from an old Piedmontese aristocratic family that produced numerous high officers . Two of his brothers also embarked on an officer career in the Piedmontese army .

Vittorio Amedeo Costa was trained at the Turin Military Academy. In 1734 he commanded the Lombardia Foreign Regiment as a colonel , with which he distinguished himself in the War of the Polish Succession at the Battle of Guastalla . In the War of the Austrian Succession , he took part in the battle of Camposanto, the reconquest of Asti , the liberation of Alessandria and defensive battles near Nice . In 1744 Costa was promoted to brigadier , the following year to major general and in February 1749 to lieutenant general . As such, he remained military governor of the city and county of Nice until 1755 . From 1755 to 1758 he was in Sardinia as captain general and viceroy , where he was responsible, among other things, for administrative reform and the repopulation of remote areas. Subsequently, Costa served as governor of Tortona and Novara . In 1763 he became Grand Master of the Royal House and in 1771 General of the Infantry . Costa received the Order of Annunciations in 1763 .

personal data
SURNAME	Costa, Vittorio Amedeo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Trinità, Vittorio Amedeo Filiberto Costa conte di (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Piedmontese general, governor and viceroy
DATE OF BIRTH	1698
PLACE OF BIRTH	Turin
DATE OF DEATH	May 2, 1777
Place of death	Turin