Carlo Troya (also spelled Troja; 7 June 1784 – 28 July 1858) was a historian and politician who served as Prime Minister of the

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from 3 April 1848 until 15 May 1848. Politically, he was a liberal Neo-Guelph who supported

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. His primary historical interest was the study of the

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, to which he made lasting contributions.

Biography

Born in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

, Troya was the son of

Michele Troja Michele Troja or Michele Troya (23 June 1747 – 12 April 1827) was an Italian physician. Biography Troja was born in Andria. His family had intended him to become a clergyman. But since early childhood, he was highly interested in anything th ...

and the brother of Ferdinando Troya ( it). Master of Law, he was involved in 1820-1821 Neapolitan insurrections: holding the position of

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, he worked for the liberal review “Minerva napolitana”, reason why he was sent into exile from 1824 to 1826. Back in

, without completely abandoning his political activity, he devoted his time to historical research in particular on the

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and

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biography (''Del Veltro allegorico di Dante'').''Veltro'' is an Italian

word for ''

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'' As historian he was the first who wrote about

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confusion between

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and

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(a Getic people from

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area). In 1844, he was one of the founders and President until 1847 of the ''Neapolitan Historic Society''. He was also one of the contributors of the newspaper ''Il Tempo'' founded with Saverio Baldacchini ( it). Representative of the Neo-Guelph movement, he was appointed Prime Minister on 3 April 1848 by Ferdinand II according to the Constitution granted on 11 February 1848. During the

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, the Troya Government sent an expeditionary force of men in

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, commanded by

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. On 15 May 1848, with a

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, Ferdinand II dissolved the democratic Parliament, dismissed Carlo Troja and replaced his Ministry with one composed exclusively of conservative elements and led by Gennaro Spinelli di Cariati. His brother Ferdinando Troya was Ferdinand II Prime Minister from 1852 to 1859. On 29 August 1854, Carlo Troya was elected

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corresponding member. He died while living in Naples.

Carlo Troya Ministry

* Carlo Troya, President of the Council *

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Luigi Dragonetti, External Affairs Minister * Giovanni Vignali, Justice and Pardons Minister *

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Pietro Ferretti, Minister of Finance *

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Vincenzo degli Uberti, Public Work Minister *

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Raffaele del Giudice, War and Military Marine Minister * Nobile

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Giovanni d'Avossa, Home Affairs Minister (then, because of disease, Advocate

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) * Antonio Scialoia ( it), Agriculture and Commerce Minister *

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( it), Education Minister * Advocate Francesco Paolo Ruggiero ( it), Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs.

Bibliography

*
Memoria sulla divisione fisica e politica delle Calabrie
', Naples, Ed. A.Trani, 1816. * ''Gondebaldo re de' Borgognoni e santo avito vescovo di Vienna sul Rodano'', Naples, 1826. * . * . * . *
Discorso intorno ad Everardo figliuolo del re Desiderio ed al vescovo Attone di Vercelli
', Naples, 1845. * . * . * .

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References

External links

Accademia della Crusca Website
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