Florestano Pepe

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Florestano Pepe (born March 4, 1778 in Squillace , Calabria , †  April 3, 1851 in Naples ) was a Neapolitan general .

Life

Pepe became an officer , served in the Parthenopean Republic in 1799 , then in the Franco-Italian Legion. In 1801 he returned to Naples and in 1809 went to Spain as Chief of the General Staff of the Neapolitan Division and took part in Napoleon's Russian campaign in 1812 . Most recently he held a management position there. After he was released from Russian captivity, he fought for Murat in 1814 and 1815 .

In 1820 he was commissioned by Francis I to subjugate Sicily and took care of the submission of Palermo . He then resigned because he did not agree with the violent measures adopted by the government. In 1821 he withdrew completely into private life.

literature

  • Francesco Carrano: Vita del generale Florestano Pepe . Rod. Ponthenier, Geneva 1851
  • Cesare Morisani: Ricordi biografici del generale Florestano Pepe . F. Morello, Reggio di Calabria 1892
  • Carlo Trionfi: Guglielmo e Florestano Pepe . Oberdan Zucchi, Milan 1942
  • Florestano Pepe . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 12, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, pp. 835–836.
  • Pepe, Florestano . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894–1896, Volume 12, p. 1006.
personal data
SURNAME Pepe, Florestano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Neapolitan general
DATE OF BIRTH March 4, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH Squillace , Calabria
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1851
Place of death Naples