Enrico Cosenz
Enrico Cosenz (born January 12, 1820 in Gaeta , † September 28, 1898 in Rome ) was an Italian general and from 1882 to 1893 first chief of staff of the Italian army.
The grandfather, François Cousin, a French, had settled in Naples in the middle of the 18th century. His father Luigi served under Murat and then in the Bourbon Army in the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and rose to field marshal of the pioneer troops . Cosenz joined the Neapolitan army as an officer in 1840 , moved with them to northern Italy in 1848 and after their return home he stayed in Venice , where he took an outstanding part in the persistent defense of the army against the Austrians .
After Venice was surrendered in 1849, he lived in poor conditions as a colonel in Turin . In 1859 he joined Garibaldi's Alpine Hunters Corps as a major , took part in Garibaldi's third volunteer expedition to Sicily in July 1860 , distinguished himself in the battle near Milazzo and became Minister of War in Naples under Garibaldi's dictatorship.
In 1861 he joined the Italian army as a lieutenant general , commanded a division for a long time , then the 1st Army Corps in Turin, and was only appointed committee chairman of the general staff to be constituted in 1881 and the first chief of staff of the Italian army the following year.
From 1860 to 1872 he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies , in which he sat on the right. From 1872 he was a senator . He resigned from active service in 1893 and was finally retired in 1896. Cosenz was considered the most learned officer in Italy. Under his leadership as chief of staff, the Italian army was reorganized and modernized. It was also Cosenz who, despite the Triple Alliance, worked out the first plans for the construction of border fortifications on the border with the allied Austria-Hungary in 1885 .
Enrico Cosenz died in Rome on September 28, 1898.
literature
- Giuseppe Monsagrati: Cosenz, Enrico. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 30: Cosattini – Crispolto. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1984.
Web links
- Entry in the Portale storico of the Camera dei deputati
- Entry in the Senatori dell'Italia liberale database of the Historical Archives of the Italian Senate
Individual evidence
- ↑ So Monsagrati in DBI; the entry in the Senate considers the grandfather to be the field marshal.
- ↑ a b Giuseppe Monsagrati: Enrico Cosenz. In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cosenz, Enrico |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian general and politician, member of the Camera dei deputati |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1820 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gaeta |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1898 |
| Place of death | Rome |