Santorre di Santarosa
Annibale Santorre dei Rossi di Pomarolo, Conte di Santarosa (born November 18, 1783 in Savigliano , † May 8, 1825 near Pylos , Greece ) was a Piedmontese officer and revolutionary .
Life
Santorre was the son of a Piedmontese general who was killed in battle against Napoleon's army in 1796 near Mondovì .
After Piedmont was annexed by France , Santorre entered the civil service, but remained secretly associated with the House of Savoy . From 1812 to 1814 he was sub-prefect of La Spezia . After the Restoration , he joined the Piedmontese army as captain of the Granatieri di Sardegna . He was a staunch opponent of the Austrian supremacy in Italy through the Congress of Vienna .
During the unrest of 1820 and 1821 he tried to persuade the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont to intervene in the Austro-Neapolitan War in order to drive the Austrians out of Italy and to unite the country. The liberal movement that Santorre di Santarosa led was also supported by Crown Prince Karl Albert . When the movement, with the support of the Crown Prince and parts of the army, announced the entry into force of a constitution on March 10, 1821 , it collapsed due to a lack of popular support. Santarosa was able to flee to Paris . There he wrote a book about the "Piedmontese Revolution" ( La révolution piemontaise ), which brought him expulsion from France because of its too progressive content. He went to London , where he lived with Ugo Foscolo , then to Nottingham , where he worked as a language teacher.
In 1824 he went to Greece , where he took part in the local liberation struggle against the Ottomans . He died in Greece on May 8, 1825.
Santorre di Santarosa is considered one of the pioneers of the Risorgimento .
Web links
- Daniela Pauli Falconi: Santorre di Santarosa. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Santarosa, Santorre di |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Santarosa, Annibale Santorre dei Rossi di Pomarolo Conte di |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Piedmontese officer and revolutionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1783 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Savigliano |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1825 |
| Place of death | Pylos , Greece |