Carlo Filangieri

Carlo Filangieri, Prince of Satriano and Duke of Taormina ( born May 10, 1784 in La Cava near Salerno, † 14 October 1867 in Portici ) was an Italian general.

Life

Filangieri was born the son of a lawyer Gaetano Filangieri and entered as a lieutenant in the French army. At Austerlitz he was awarded in 1805 and participated in the Siege of Gaeta. In 1811 he returned to Naples and was promoted to colonel of Murat. In 1815 he took part in the uprising as Adjutant General. Still, he was promoted to lieutenant general of Murat under Ferdinand I. Inspector General of Infantry.

In 1821 he took part in the campaign Carrascosa in Abruzzo, but was replaced in 1822. It was not until 1831 he was reinstated into the military service and entrusted with the supreme command against the insurgent Sicily on August 29 1848 by Ferdinand II. He left Messina shoot from 7 to 9 September triumphed at Taormina, Catania and Syracuse and moved before 1849 to Palermo before. Here he stood just before the taking of the city, as prevented him from the combined English and French by the forced acceptance of the surrender to it. On October 9, 1849, he was appointed general and governor of Sicily and was lenient in this position. This in turn made ​​him unpopular with Ferdinand II and so he had to resign in 1854. On March 19, 1850 Frederick William IV had him awarded the Pour le Mérite.

Francis II commissioned him on 9 June 1859, the chairmanship of the Cabinet and the Ministry of War. However, of these offices he resigned in November 1859 and 7 February 1860.

Carlo Filangieri died on 14 October 1867 in Portici.