Giovanni Battista Cacherano di Bricherasio

Giovanni Battista Cacherano, Count of Bricherasio

Giovanni Battista Cacherano, conte di Bricherasio (born November 14, 1706 in Bricherasio ; † September 6, 1782 ibid) was a general and viceroy of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont .

Life

Count Giovanni Battista Cacherano di Bricherasio came from an old Piedmontese aristocratic family that produced numerous high officers . Three of his brothers also embarked on an officer career in the Piedmontese army .

In April 1734 he raised the La Regina infantry regiment at his own expense , which at that time still consisted of Waldensians (today the 9th Bari Infantry Regiment ). With this regiment he took part in the War of the Polish Succession in Italy . During the Austrian War of Succession he was involved in the capture of Modena in 1742 , he then fought in the Valle Varaita and at Madonna dell'Olmo, where he was wounded. In 1744 Cacherano di Bricherasio was promoted to brigadier , the following year to major general and in June 1747 to lieutenant general . As such, he commanded associations that were supposed to protect the Susa Valley with the fortresses of Fenestrelle and Exilles against an advance of the French and Spanish armies. It was here that the Assietta battle took place on July 19, 1747 , which remained his greatest military success. In 1751 he was appointed viceroy and captain general of Sardinia , in 1755 governor of Tortona , 1758 governor of Alessandria and finally in 1763 governor of the Turin Citadel . In 1763 he received the Order of Announcements . He was promoted to General of Infantry and Grand Master of Artillery in 1771. He spent the last years of his life on his country estate in Bricherasio, where he died in 1782.

Web links

• Entry in the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani on treccani.it