Florestano Pepe
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Florestano Pepe (March 4, 1778 – April 3, 1851) was an Italian patriot. He was brother to the more famous general Guglielmo Pepe and cousin to Gabriele Pepe.
Pepe was born in
Neapolitan Republic. Defeated by the Bourbon troops under Cardinal Ruffo, he was captured and exiled to France
.
He fought in numerous battles of the
Russian Campaign
of 1812. He was also a protagonist of the Neapolitan Revolution of 1820; wounded, he retired to private life.
Florestano Pepe died in Naples in 1851.
References
- Brief biography (in Italian)
- Francesco Carrano, Vita del generale Florestano Pepe, Genova, Stab. Ponthenier, 1851 (in Italian)
- Cesare Morisani, Ricordi biografici del generale Florestano Pepe, Reggio di Calabria, F. Morello, 1892 (in Italian)
- Carlo Trionfi, Guglielmo e Florestano Pepe, Milano, Oberdan Zucchi, 1942 (in Italian)
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