biography
| name: |
Melzi d'Eril, Francesco
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pronunciation:
[maylzee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1753–1816)
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| biography:
| Italian politician, born in Milan, Lombardy, N Italy. He became plenipotentiary of the Cisalpine Republic, then vice-president of the Italian Republic (1802). He implemented a large number of reforms, but his support for constitutional monarchy eventually cost him Napoleon's confidence, and he lost political significance. |
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