Ricciotti Garibaldi

Ricciotti Garibaldi (1847 - 1924) was an Italian soldier, the fourth son of Giuseppe Garibaldi and Anita Garibaldi.

Born in Montevideo, he was named in honour of Nicola Ricciotti, a patriot executed during the failed expedition of the Bandiera Brothers against the Kingdom of Naples. He spent much of his youth in Nice, Caprera and England.

In 1866, alongside his father, he took part in the Battle of Bezzecca (1866) and the Battle of Mentana (1867); in 1870, during his father's expedition in support to France during the Franco-Prussian War, he fought in the Vosges, where he occupied Chatillon and, at Pouilly, captured the sole Prussian flag lost during the war.

After a failed attempt to create market enterprises in American and Australia, he was deputy in the Italian Parliament from 1887 to 1890. In 1897 and 1912 he fought in the War of Greek Independence with other Garibaldines.

Of his six sons, Peppino (Giuseppe Jr.; 1879-1950) and Ezio were also soldiers. He had also a daughter, Anita, who died in 1962.

Ricciotti Garibaldi died in Rome in 1924.

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