Agostino Petitti Bagliani di Roreto
Minister of War
In office
4 March 1862 – 8 December 1862
Preceded byAlessandro Della Rovere
Succeeded byAlessandro Della Rovere
In office
28 September 1864 – 31 December 1865
Preceded byAlessandro Della Rovere
Succeeded byIgnazio De Genova di Pettinengo
Senator
In office
1 December 1870 – 28 August 1890
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
18 February 1861 – 13 February 1867
Member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy
In office
20 December 1849 – 17 December 1860

Agostino Petitti Bagliani, Count of Roreto (Turin, 13 December 1814 – Rome, 28 August 1890) was an Italian general and politician of the Risorgimento.

Early life

Agostino Petitti Bagliani from Roreto belonged to a noble Piedmontese family originally from Cherasco.[1] His father, Count Carlo Ilarione Petitti di Roreto, was an economist and writer, considered one of the most important movers behind the reforms of king Charles Albert of Sardinia while his mother was Gabriella Genna.[2] He was enrolled at a young age at the it:Accademia Reale di Torino from which he emerged in 1833 with the rank of lieutenant. In 1848 he fought in the First Italian War of Independence, earning himself an honorable mention.[3]

Military career

In November of the same year he was promoted to major and with this rank he held the position of chief of staff of the 6th Division under General Alfonso La Marmora. In 1853 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and appointed general secretary of the War Ministry.[4] Chief of Staff in the Crimean War (1855 - 1856),[5][6] in November 1858 he assumed command of the Field Artillery Regiment in Venaria Reale which he held until 26 April 1859.[7]

In 1859 he took part in the Second Italian War of Independence, fighting alongside General La Marmora in the battles of Palestro, Magenta and Solferino;[8] where he notably took part in the action at Madonna della Scoperta, about which he later wrote a memoir Madonna della Scoperta (Battle of San Martino, 24 June 1859) A Historical Tactical Study, edited by his nephew General Alfonso Petitti di Roreto and published posthumously in 1909.[7] During this war he was promoted to major general and in 1860 to lieutenant general, becoming commander of the 3rd Division in Milan.[7][9]

In 1866 he participated in the Third Italian War of Independence as adjutant general of the army and then as commander of the IV Army Corps.[10] On 12 August 1866 he signed the armistice of Cormons on behalf of Italy with his Austrian counterpart Major General Baron it:Karl Möring.[2]

At the end of the war he was appointed general commander of the Military Division of Alessandria and, in 1870, of the Military Division of Milan, retaining the high command of the divisions of Turin, Alessandria and Genoa.[7]

Political career

Petitti represented the Cherasco constituency in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1849, and continued to represent it in the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy until 1867.[11][2][12] He was appointed Minister of War in the first Rattazzi government (1862) and in the second government of Alfonso La Marmora (1864).[2] His ministerial activity was characterized by important interventions to reorganize the army, including the merger of the corps of Garibaldi volunteers into the regular troops, and by the impetus given to the establishment of schools for the military and related educational programs.[4][3]

Signing the unpopular armistice of Cormons probably cost him his seat in the Chamber of Deputies in 1867.[2] His appointment as senator of the Kingdom was announced in 1870, in recognition of his services to national unity.[13]

Family

In 1860 he married Maria Bellotti of Milan (1835 - 1890) with whom he had two daughters Teresa Maria (1861 – 1917) and Vittoria Emanuela (1862 – 1956).[2] He was also the uncle of senator Carlo Petitti di Roreto and general Alfonso Petitti di Roreto.[13]

He retired in 1877 after 44 years of active military life and died in Rome on 28 August 1890.[2]

Honours

Italian honours

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Italy - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Italy - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Italy
Grand Cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Grand Cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Grand Cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Officer of the Military Order of Savoy - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Officer of the Military Order of Savoy - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Officer of the Military Order of Savoy

Foreign honours

Knight Hrand Cross of the border of the Red Eagle (German Empire ) - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Knight Hrand Cross of the border of the Red Eagle (German Empire ) - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Knight Hrand Cross of the border of the Red Eagle (German Empire )
Knight of the Order of Saint Anna (Russia) - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Knight of the Order of Saint Anna (Russia) - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Knight of the Order of Saint Anna (Russia)
Commander of the Legion of Honor (France) - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Commander of the Legion of Honor (France) - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Commander of the Legion of Honor (France)
Companion of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom) - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Companion of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom) - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Companion of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (Portugal) - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (Portugal) - ribbon for ordinary uniform
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Immaculate Conception of Vila Viçosa (Portugal)

Works

References

  1. ↑ Annuario della nobiltà italiana 1894. Bari: Direzione del Giornale Araldico. 1893. p. 838. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Francia, Enrico. "PETITTI BAGLIANI, Agostino, conte di Roreto". treccani.it. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. 1 2 Arrighi, Cletto (1864). I 450 deputati del presente e i deputati dell'avvenire per una società di egregi uomini politici, letterati e giornalisti. Milan: Presso gli Ecitore. pp. 25–32. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 L'emporio pittoresco giornale settimanale. Venice: Sonzogno. 1864. p. 369. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Gianotti, Luigi (1888). Da Torino a Roma ricordi di un antico allievo della Regia Militare accademia di Torino. Turin: G. Candeletti. p. 371. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  6. ↑ Badem, Candan (2021). The Routledge Handbook of the Crimean War. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780429560965. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Esercito e nazione rivista per l'ufficiale italiano. Rome: Stabilimento poligrafico per l'amministrazione dello Stato. 1930. pp. 426–8. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  8. ↑ Cipolla, Costantino; Bertaiola, Matteo (2009). Sul crinale. La battaglia di Solferino e San Martino vissuta dagli italiani. Milan: Franco Angeli Edizioni. p. 20. ISBN 9788856808636. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Rivista di artiglieria e genio Volume 1. Rome: Tipografia Enrico Voghera. 1910. p. 150. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Wawro, Geoffrey (1996). The Austro-Prussian War Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780521629515. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Agostino Petitti Bagliani di Roreto". storia.camera.it. Camera dei Deputati. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  12. ↑ Manuale ad uso dei Senatori del Regno e dei Deputati. Florence: per gli eredi Botta. 1865. p. 440. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  13. 1 2 "PETITTI BAGLIANI DI RORETO Agostino". senato.it. Senato della Repubblica. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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