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Alessandro Poerio

Italian liberal
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Born:
August 27, 1802, Naples [Italy]
Died:
November 3, 1848, Venice (aged 46)
Notable Family Members:
brother Carlo Poerio

Alessandro Poerio (born August 27, 1802, Naples [Italy]—died November 3, 1848, Venice) was an Italian liberal during the Risorgimento, brother of Carlo Poerio. The son of Baron Giuseppe Poerio, a Neapolitan lawyer well known for his own liberal sympathies, Alessandro was taken into exile by his father on the Bourbon restoration in Naples in 1815. He returned to Naples in 1818 and was able, in 1821, to enlist as a volunteer in the army; he fought against the Austrians at Rieti. After the Austrian victory he again went with his family into exile and traveled in Germany, where he became ...(100 of 155 words)

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