biography
pronunciation:
[cheealdeenee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1811–92)
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| biography:
| Duke of Gaeta, general and diplomat, born in Castelvetro di Modena, Emilia-Romagna, N Italy. He escaped to France after participating in the Parma-Piacenza revolutionary risings (1831). He fought the 1st Independence War with the Piedmontese army, and defeated the papal forces at Castelfidardo, and the Bourbon troops at Gaeta. He was responsible for halting Garibaldi at Aspromonte, and was in command of the Italian army during the 3rd Independence War. |
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