Background
Born at the Royal Palace of Turin, she was the third daughter of Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia and his second wife Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg. Her mother died in 1735 when she was just four years old. Her father married again in 1737 to Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, the youngest sister of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Career
Charles Emmanuel III and Elisabeth Therese went onto have three children, including the Duke of Chablais. Her paternal cousins included Ferdinand VI of Spain, who was king of Spain at the time of her birth. She founded, with Giovanni Battista Canaveri, a home in her native Turin for widows and destitute noble women "Convitto Principessa Maria Felicita di Savoia".
Canaveri was the director
On 6 December 1798, the French First Republic declared war on Sardinia. Her brother Charles Emmanuel (then king) was forced to abdicate all his territories on the Italian mainland and to withdraw to the island of Sardinia.
As Charles Emmanuel took little interest in the rule of what was left of his kingdom, he and Clotilde lived in Rome and then in Naples as guests of the wealthy Colonna family. She died in Rome unmarried and was buried at the Royal Basilica of Superga overlooking Turin, the traditional burial place of the House of Savoy.
Titles and styles
19 March 1730 – 13 May 1801 Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Felicita of Savoy.