Francesco Anzani

Francesco Anzani (born November 11, 1809 in Alzate Brianza , † July 5, 1848 in Genoa ) was an Italian officer and freedom fighter.

Life

The year in which the young, liberal -minded Anzani fought alongside the Greeks for their independence is still unknown. On his return home, he studied mathematics in Pavia , dropped out and took part in the June fights in Paris in 1832 .

The liberals fought in Porto against the absolutist rule. Michael I. Anzani went from Paris to northern Portugal and fought on the side of the liberals against the monarchy in the Miguelistenkrieg . As captain of a foreign legion, Anzani then fought in Spain against the Carlist pretender to the throne Don Carlos V from the house of Bourbon-Anjou and was wounded.

During his repatriation , Anzani was handed over to the Austrians immediately after landing in Genoa . He was able to emigrate to South America and met Garibaldi in Rio Grande do Sul . The acquaintance grew into a lasting friendship in neighboring Uruguay . Garibaldi put the fighter in charge of his Italian legion . Anzani competed against Oribe in Uruguay .

From Pius IX. Amnestied in 1846, the freedom fighters Garibaldi, Medici and Anzani, who was ill with tuberculosis , returned home in 1848. Francesco Anzani landed in Genoa on June 21 and died two weeks later with his old friend, the painter Gaetano Gallino .

literature

Ricarda Huch : The stories of Garibaldi . With an afterword by Günter Adler . 683 pages. Insel-Verlag, Leipzig 1986, © 1921 Insel-Verlag Leipzig, ISBN 3-7351-0006-6

Web links

Francesco Anzani under Personalities of the Risorgimento on the anniversary page 150 Years of Italy (1861-2011) at 150anni.it (Ed. Italian Ministry of Culture) (Italian)
A portrait of Anzani can be found, for example, in Dizionario Rosi (Italian)

Individual evidence

↑ The historian Ricarda Huch in the first part of her has stories of Garibaldi designed this friendship narrative. The dying Anzani is said to have said to Medici about his friend : "He has a law in him that is like a storm ... whoever goes with him will find Italy." (Huch, p. 252, 12. Zvo)

personal data
SURNAME	Anzani, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian officer and freedom fighter
DATE OF BIRTH	November 11, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alzate Brianza
DATE OF DEATH	July 5, 1848
Place of death	Genoa

[1] The historian Ricarda Huch in the first part of her has stories of Garibaldi designed this friendship narrative. The dying Anzani is said to have said to Medici about his friend : "He has a law in him that is like a storm ... whoever goes with him will find Italy." (Huch, p. 252, 12. Zvo)