Enrico Cialdini
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Enrico Cialdini, Duca di Gaeta (10 August 1811 – 8 September 1892) was an Italian soldier, politician and diplomat.
Biography
He was born in
Carlists
.
Returning to Italy in 1848, he commanded a regiment at the Battle of Novara.
In 1859, he organized the Alpine Brigade, fought at the Siege of Gaeta. [2]
For these services he was created Brigandage in the Two Sicilies[citation needed], and in 1864 was created senator.[2]
On the outbreak of the
Alfonso La Marmora prejudiced the issue of the campaign and contributed to the defeat of Custoza. After the war he refused the command of the General Staff, which he wished to render independent of the war office. In 1867 he attempted unsuccessfully to form a cabinet sufficiently strong to prevent the threatened Garibaldian incursion into the Papal States, and two years later failed in a similar attempt, through disagreement with Giovanni Lanza concerning the army estimates.[2]
On 3 August 1870 he pleaded in favour of Italian intervention in aid of
Costantino Nigra as ambassador to the French Republic.[2]
This position he held until 1882, when he resigned on account of the publication by William Henry Waddington
.
He died at Livorno in 1892.
References
- ^ a b "Personal And General Notes." Times-Picayune, 28 Sept. 1892, p. 4. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers. Accessed 30 May 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Steed 1911.
- ^ Mageli, Paul D. "Cialdini, Enrico (1813-1892)." The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, by Trevor N. Dupuy, et al., HarperCollins, 1992, p. 166. Gale General OneFile. Accessed 30 May 2023.
Attribution:
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Steed, H. Wickham (1911). "Cialdini, Enrico". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 350.
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