PERSONAGGI
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Ferdinando,
Francesco
e Vincenzo
Pignatelli di Strongoli
Ferdinando Pignatelli , III Prince of Strongoli , Duke
of Tolve , Count of Melissa
( born in Naples 1769- died beheaded in Naples in 1799 )
He had a great passion for the French Revolution Ideals and fervent follower
of the Enlightenment.
He participated to the Jacobin Conspiracy of 1794 in Naples , he escaped and
went in Tuscany to join the local Jacobin followers.He entered in Naples in
1799 as Captain of the Dragons with the General Championnet , he joins the
Provisional Revolutionary Government and took active part in the repression
of the counterrevolution .
He was then imprisoned by the Bourbons Loyalist and beheaded in Castelnuovo
the 30th of September 1799.
Francesco Pignatelli Principe di Strongoli (born in
Naples in 1775 , died in 1853 )
Military General and prominent Neapolitan Historian , he joined the Austrian
Army with Lobkowitz , later he joined Championnet in the French-Neapolitan
Campaign .After the Neapolitan Revolution in 1799 , where his brothers Ferdinando
and Mario were sentenced to death , he was exiled in France.
He moved later to the Kingdom of Naples ,when Bonaparte and Murat were Kings
of Naples. He participated in the Spain , Germany and Austria military Campaign.
In 1821 after the Bourbon restoration , he spent most of his time writing
his memories , a relevant essay was " Le Memorie del Regno di Napoli
dal 1790 al 1815 ".
In 1848 , he actively participated at the Liberal movements and once again
he spoke loudly in favour and in defence of the liberal Institution and freedom
, ideals and dreams of his entire life.
Vincenzo Pignatelli di Strongoli , Baron
( born in Naples in 1777 , died in Naples in 1837)
In 1799 with the Neapolitan Republic he joined Championnet in Caserta , upon
the Bourbon return he escaped in Marseilles , during this period until 1801
he participated in several conspiracies against the Bourbons.
He then joined in Boulogne the Great Napoleon Army and in 1804 arrived in
Naples where Joseph Bonaparte appointed Colonel , he took part of the besiege
of Gaeta , later he went in Lucania ( 1806 ) to strike the bandit-infested
area of the Bourbons loyalist.
He took part in the Sicily and Spain Campaign in 1811 and 1812.
Appointed by Joachim Murat King of Naples , Aide-de-Camp and Baron , he participated
to the Russian Campaign and entered in Moscow in 1812 as Lieutenant General.
During the Russian Retreat he was seriously ill and obliged to retire;in 1821
he participated to the uprising against the Restoration, but only with King
Ferdinand II of Bourbon-Naples he was reintegrated , after a period of exile.
The last years of his life , he wrote military essays.
He died in Naples in 1837.