Note 33 — Chapter 2 The Mountain Heights—The Central European Committee—Mazzini—Ledru-Rollin—Kossuth

There were two Neapolitan brothers, Italian generals, of this name—Florestano (1780-1851), and Guglielmo (1782-1855), of whom the latter is the more famous. He defeated the Austrians in 1821, fled from Naples, was sentenced to death in his absence, returned in 1848, and was a prominent military leader in the war of independence, assisting Manin, defending Venice, etc. He wrote Memoirs, and a Histoire des Révolutions et Guerres d’Italie en 1847-1848.—(Translator’s Notes.)