Revolutionary of the Risorgimento who founded Young Italy to fight for a united republic and led the Roman Republic of 1849
Born in Genoa, he studied law, joined the Carbonari and went into exile after his arrest in 1830. In 1831 at Marseille he founded Young Italy to make Italy one independent republic, and after a plot for a rising in Piedmont was discovered in 1833 he was sentenced to death in absentia. From exile in London he organised rising after rising. In March 1849 he joined Armellini and Saffi in the triumvirate of the Roman Republic and became the real head of its government, but went back into exile when French troops brought the republic down. After unification he still refused to swear allegiance to the monarchy and declined a seat in parliament, and he opposed Marxism's doctrine of class struggle and the Paris Commune. He died in Pisa in 1872.
Also known as: Joseph Mazzini
Activities and affiliations
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1831–1848
Young ItalyMain
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1849
Government and administration
Career Timeline
- 1827Joined the Carbonari
- 1831Founded Young Italy at Marseille
- 1837Exile in London
- 1849Triumvir of the Roman Republic
- 1870Imprisoned at Gaeta after an attempted rising in Sicily
Related historical events
- 1848.01–1849.08The Italian Revolutions of 1848–1849 and the First War of IndependenceFounder of Young Italy, triumvir of the Roman RepublicFounded Young Italy in 1831 and led the movement for a united republic; as a triumvir from March 1849 he headed the Roman Republic until the French siege brought it down.
- 1848–1849The Revolutions of 1848Founder of Young Italy, triumvir of the Roman RepublicModel for the pre-revolutionary secret societies, he led the Roman Republic in 1849.