Giovanni Battista Morosini
Giovanni Battista Morosini (born March 8, 1782 in Lugano ; † April 9, 1874 in Milan ), from Lugano, Austrian from 1842 (renunciation of Swiss citizenship in 1860) was a Swiss lawyer , politician , judge , Ticino Grand Councilor and State Councilor of ( Free Democratic Party (FDP)).
Life
Giovanni Battista Morosini was born to Giuseppe Carlo Pompeo Maria Morosini and Marianna Bossi. From 1813 to 1815 he sat on the Ticino Grand Council, which he presided over in 1814, and was also a member of the State Council from 1813 to 1815. From 1815 and again from 1829 he was a judge at the cantonal appeal court .
In 1833 he was the lawyer for Princess Cristina Trivulzio Belgiojoso and was close to Tadeusz Kościuszko , an important figure in the fight for Poland's independence , who lived in the family villa in Vezia (now Villa Negroni ).
Morosini got into the turmoil of the Risorgimento with his wife and his son Emilio, who took part in the uprising of 1848 (so-called Five Days of Milan ) and died while defending the Roman Republic .
literature
- Virgilio Chiesa : Emilio Morosini. Edizioni della Lanterna, Lugano 1949.
- Francesca Mariani Arcobello: Giovanni Battista Morosini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . October 7, 2009 , accessed April 15, 2020 .
- Giovanni Battista Morosini. In: Bollettino Storico della Svizzera Italiana , 1885, p. 197.
Others
- Giovanni Battista Morosini portrait on lombardiabeniculturali.it/opere-arte
Individual evidence
- ^ Francesco Bertoliatti: Il nobile Giovanni Battista Morosini e l'indipendenza polacca. Edizioni La Scuola, Bellinzona 1939.
- ↑ Emilio Morosini on treccani.it/enciclopedia/
- ^ Celestino Trezzini : Giovanni Battista Morosini. Digitized In: Historical-Biographical Lexicon of Switzerland . Volume 5, Monopole - Neuenkirch, Attinger Verlag, Neuenburg 1929, p. 168.
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SURNAME | Morosini, Giovanni Battista |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss lawyer and politician (FDP) |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1782 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lugano |
DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1874 |
Place of death | Milan |