Antoine Christophe Saliceti
Antoine Christophe Saliceti (baptised in the name of Antonio Cristoforo Saliceti: Antoniu Cristufaru Saliceti in Corsican; 26 August 1757 – 23 December 1809) was a French politician and diplomat of the Revolution and First Empire.
Early career
He was born a member of a
Estates-General of 1789.[1]
As deputy to the
Louis XVI, and was sent to Corsica on mission to oversee Pasquale Paoli and enforce the Reign of Terror; however, he was compelled to withdraw to Provence, where he took part in repressing the revolts at Marseille and Toulon. During this time he met and promoted his compatriot Napoleon Bonaparte.[1]
Directory, Consulate, and Empire
On account of his friendship with
Council of the Five Hundred, and served the Directory in missions to the Ligurian Republic.[1] Saliceti represented France during the negotiations with the Papal States regarding the Armistice of Bologna.[2]
Although an adversary of Napoleon's
18 Brumaire Coup which created the Consulate (9 November 1799), he was kept by Napoleon as his representative to the Republic of Lucca (1801–1802) and Liguria (1805), engineering the territory's annexation to the Empire. In 1806, he followed Joseph Bonaparte to the Kingdom of Naples, where Joseph had been imposed as King, and served as minister of police and of war. Saliceti died in Naples in mysterious circumstances, possibly poisoned.[1]
Bibliography
- 1793 - Réponse du citoyen Saliceti, imprimée et publiée en Corse, le 14 juin dernier, aux faits calomnieux contenus dans la lettre du 15 mai dernier, écrite par les membres du conseil du département de Corse rebelles, et actuellement en état d'accusation, aux citoyens Delcher et Lacombe-Saint-Michel, représentans du peuple, qui l'ont méprisée, et que Costantini, soi-disant député extraordinaire dudit département, a fait réimprimer et distribuer le 9 de ce mois, six jours après le départ de Saliceti pour sa mission. A Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Pain
- 1795 - Salicetti, représentant du peuple, a la Convention nationale. Paris: De l'Imprimerie nationale
- 1795 - Compte rendu a la Convention nationale. A Paris: De l'Imprimerie nationale
- 1797 - Motion d'ordre de Salicetti, sur les secours à accorder aux réfugiés Corses
References
- ^ a b c d public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Saliceti, Antoine Christophe". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 68. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ Lee, Henry (1837). The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte: Down to the Peace of Tolentino and the Close of His First Campaign in Italy. T. and W. Boone. p. 229.