Carlo Felice Nicolis di Robilant

Carlo Felice Nicolis, Count of Robilant (born August 8, 1826 in Turin , †  October 17, 1888 in London ) was an Italian general and statesman .

career

Robilant attended the military academy in Turin and then entered the military as a sub-lieutenant in 1843 , becoming a lieutenant in the artillery in 1846 . He distinguished himself in the battle of Novara on March 23, 1849 by great bravery, which cost him his left hand.

1853 for artillery captain and adjutant of King Victor Emmanuel II. Appointed, he made the campaign of 1859 with.

Further stations in his military career:

• 1860 promotion to major
• 1861 Promotion to lieutenant colonel in the general staff
• after the war of 1866 appointed major general
• Director of the War Academy ,

In 1867 Robilant was appointed Prefect of Ravenna and in 1871 Italian envoy to the court in Vienna , in 1876 also ambassador there . In 1883 he was appointed senator .

Through his mother with the Prussian nobility, through his wife, a Countess Ficquelmont, related to the Austrian, he knew how to shape the relationship between Italy and Germany and Austria more and more amicably and was therefore when these three powers formed a closer alliance in June 1885 appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs; but he resigned from this post in March 1887 because of the defeat of the Italian troops in the Battle of Dogali .

Appointed ambassador to London in June 1888, he died there on October 17, 1888.

Web links

• Entry in the Senatori dell'Italia liberale database of the Historical Archives of the Italian Senate

Individual evidence

1. ↑ L'Unificazione (2011):  Robilant, Carlo Felice Nicolis conte Tues. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).

predecessor	Office	successor
Marco Minghetti	Italian ambassador in Vienna 1871–1885	Costantino Nigra
?	Italian ambassador to London in 1888	?