Luigi Pelloux
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Luigi Gerolamo Pelloux was an Italian general and politician from Savoy, born of parents who retained their Italian citizenship when Savoy was annexed to France. He was the Prime Minister of Italy fro
Luigi Pelloux
The "Porta Pia Breach" in the Aurelian Walls of Rome in 1870
Umberto I of Italy
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Umberto I was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination in 1900. His reign saw the creation of the Italian colonial empire and the formation of the Triple Alliance among Italy, Germany
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…demonstrations demanding "bread and work". Upon the fall of Rudinì in June 1898, after the Bava-Beccaris massacre, General Pelloux was entrusted by King Umberto with the formation of a new government, and took for himself the post Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior. He resigned office in May 1899 over…
Formal portrait, 1882
Adelaide of Austria with her son the future Umberto I of Italy
King Umberto I and Margherita during their stay in Naples
The royal wedding of Prince Umberto with Margherita of Savoy