Massimo d\' Azeglio
Massimo Taparelli , marquis of Azeglio was born with Turin the October 15th 1798 and died in Milan the January 15th 1866. It is one of the thinkers and actors of the Risorgimento.
Wire of a general appointed ambassador with Rome, the young person of Azeglio impassions himself for the Peinture. Officer of cavalry, it fixes himself at Rome where it is pointed out as landscape designer. In 1830, it marries the girl of the large romantic poet Alessandro Manzoni, founder of the modern Italian language. D' Azeglio, writing of the historical novels Ettore Fieramosca (1833) and Nicolo de' Lapi (1841) where it develops the national feeling. In 1846, it publishes Gli ultimi casi di Romagna where it defends the idea that the unification of the Italy must be made by the Maison of Savoy.
Of tendency monarchist moderated, catholic enthusiast, it does not take share with any the plots or risings many which mark out the Italian history in first half of the XIXe century. In 1848, it engages in the Piedmontese army, becomes colonel and gavement is gavement wounded with the battle of Vicence against the Austrians. The May 11th 1849, the king Victor-Emmanuel II, appoints it Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. During its government it removes the immunity of for from which the ecclesiastics profited what attracts to him the hostility of papacy and the preserving catholics. In October 1850, it makes enter Cavour to the government as Minister for agriculture and the trade. The May 16th 1852, Of azeglio is replaced by Cavour like Prime Minister.
During the second war of Independence, it is named police chief of Victor-Emmanuel II with Bologna, which has just driven out the representative of its sovereign the pope Pie IX. Then he becomes ambassador in London, then prefect of Milan. He is named senator, brigadier general and aide-de-camp of the king.
In 1865, it succeeds his Roberto brother with the direction of the gallery Sabauda of Turin.
In 1867, his/her daughter published her autobiography Miei ricordi .
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