Ricciotti Garibaldi

Ricciotti Garibaldi
Ricciotti Garibaldi
Born	(1847-02-24)24 February 1847 Montevideo, Uruguay
Died	17 July 1924(1924-07-17) (aged 77) Riofreddo, Italy
Allegiance	United Kingdom Mexico Italy
Rank	Brigadier-general
Commands	Commander of Garibaldi Legion
Battles / wars	Battle of Bezzecca (1866) Battle of Mentana (1867) 1870, during his father's expedition in support to France during the Franco-Prussian War Greco-Turkish War (1897) First Balkan War
Spouse(s)	Harriet Constance Hopcraft
Relations	Son of the father of Italy, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and Anita Garibaldi Father of Giuseppe Garibaldi II

Ricciotti Garibaldi (24 February 1847 – 17 July 1924) was an Italian soldier, the fourth son of Giuseppe Garibaldi and Anita Garibaldi.

Biography

Born in Montevideo, he was named in honour of Nicola Ricciotti who had been 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 for the Army of the Vosges, during which he occupied Châtillon and, at Pouilly, during the Battle of Dijon, captured the sole Prussian flag lost during the war.

After a failed attempt to create market enterprises in America and Australia, he was a deputy in the Italian Parliament from 1887 to 1890. In the Turkish-Greek War in 1897, he fought with the Greek Army against the Ottomans with other Garibaldines. It was reported that in 1900 during the Boer War, he placed his sword at the disposal of the British Government. His offer was declined.

Of his six sons, five including Peppino (Giuseppe II.,1879–1950) and Ezio Garibaldi were soldiers in World War I. Two of them died in the Argonne offensives: Bruno (1889-1914) and Costante (1892-1915). He also had a daughter, Anita, who died in 1962.

Ricciotti Garibaldi died in Riofreddo in 1924.

Family tree

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro da Silva

Domenico Menotti Garibaldi

Rosa "Rosita" Garibaldi

Teresa "Teresita" Garibaldi

Ricciotti Garibaldi

Harriet Constance Hopcraft

Peppino Garibaldi

Costante Garibaldi

Anita Italia Garibaldi

Ezio Garibaldi

Bruno Garibaldi

Ricciotti Garibaldi Jr.

Menotti Garibaldi Jr.

Sante Garibaldi

External links

• Garibaldi family (in French)
• Newspaper clippings about Ricciotti Garibaldi in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW