Giacomo Medici (General)
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Giacomo Medici (born January 16, 1817 in Milan , † March 9, 1882 in Rome ) was an Italian general and politician.
Life
Medici became involved early on in the Italian unification movement . In 1836 he went into exile in Portugal , where he fought against the Carlist with his father . From 1840 Medici lived in London and met Giuseppe Mazzini there, and Giuseppe Garibaldi in Montevideo in 1846 .
With Garibaldi he went to Milan in 1848 and then fought in northern Italy in the first Italian War of Independence . In 1849 he took part in the defense of the Roman Republic , where he distinguished himself in the fighting for the Villa Vascello at the Porta San Pancrazio and received the title of Marchese del Vascello .
During the Second War of Independence, in 1859, he was battalion commander in Garibaldi's alpine fighters , with whom he fought in the battles of Varese and San Fermo . In 1860 he organized Garibaldi's procession of a thousand and came with the second contingent to Sicily , where he still took part in the battle of Milazzo and the siege of Messina . On the mainland he led voluntary associations in the decisive battle of the Volturno . Shortly afterwards he was taken over with many comrades in the regular Italian army and deployed in Sicily. In the Third Italian War of Independence in 1866, he fought at the head of regular associations in Trentino .
Giacomo Medici was given extensive powers to be Prefect of Palermo in 1868 . In 1870 King Victor Emanuel II appointed him senator for life.
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| SURNAME | Medici, Giacomo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian general and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Milan |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1882 |
| Place of death | Rome |