Gioacchino Pepoli
Gioacchino Napoleone Pepoli (born October 10, 1825 in Bologna , † March 26, 1881 ibid) was an Italian politician and diplomat .
Life
Gioacchino Pepoli was born in 1825 as the son of the mayor of his hometown Guido Taddeo Pepoli (1789-1852), who belonged to an old family of the Bolognese city nobility. His mother was Letizia Murat (1802-1859), a daughter of the French cavalry officer and later King of Naples Joachim Murat . Napoleon III was his cousin. At the age of 18 he married his cousin, the 24-year-old Friederike von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1820–1906) in Sigmaringen on December 5, 1844 , with whom he had three daughters.
From 1848 Pepoli was actively involved in the reform and liberation movements in what was then the papal state , and also fought against the Austrians near Montagnola.
From 1860 member of the city council of Bologna, he was from March 3 to December 7, 1862 Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade in the Rattazzi government . From 1860 until his appointment as senator, the Marchese was also a member of the Camera dei deputati for four terms . From 1863 to 1864 he was then extraordinary envoy and plenipotentiary minister of Italy at the Russian court in Saint Petersburg . From May 7, 1866 to May 20, 1868 he went back once more into local politics as mayor of Bologna , and on March 12, 1868 he was appointed senator . His last professional position followed in 1868 as envoy at the Austro-Hungarian court in Vienna , a post he held until 1870. He then retired.
Honors and memberships
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Mauritius and Lazarus
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Rose (Brazil)
- Knight of the Order of the Legion of Honor (France)
literature
- Salvatore Alongi: Pepoli, Gioacchino Napoleone. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 82: Pazzi-Pia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2015.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pepoli, Gioacchino Napoleone in: L'Unificazione (2011).
Web links
- Entry in Senatori d'Italia >> Senatori del Regno (1848-1943) on the website of the Italian Senate
- Entry in the Portale storico of the Camera dei deputati
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Filippo Oldoini |
royal Italian envoy to Saint Petersburg February 12, 1863 to October 13, 1864 |
Edoardo de Launay |
| Giulio Camillo de Barral de Monteauvrand |
royal Italian envoy in Vienna March 12, 1868 to March 7, 1870 |
Marco Minghetti |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pepoli, Gioacchino |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pepoli, Gioacchino Napoleone (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian politician, member of the Camera dei Deputati and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bologna |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1881 |
| Place of death | Bologna |