Enrico Dandolo (26 June 1827 in

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– night of 3 June 1849, during the riots around Villa Corsini,

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) was an important figure in the Italian

Risorgimento The unification of Italy ( it, Unità d'Italia ), also known as the ''Risorgimento'' (, ; ), was the 19th-century political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single ...

, participating in several of its most important battles.

Life

Originating from Dandolo family which produced several other figures involved in the

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, Enrico Dandolo was one of the protagonists in the

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(1848) beside his brother

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and his friends

Luciano Manara Luciano Manara (23 March 1825 – 30 June 1849) was a Milanese soldier and politician of the Risorgimento era, who took part in the Roman Republic. Life Manara was born in Milan in 1825. A friend of Carlo Cattaneo, in 1848 he participated in the ...

and

Emilio Morosini Emilio Morosini (1830 – 1 July 1849) was an Italian patriot who participated in the Risorgimento. Morosini was born in Varese. Educated in Fava and studying at the Gymnasium in Brera and the liceo at Porta Nuova, he became friends with Enri ...

. Gaining experience and maturity in the tactics of guerrilla warfare, he took part (with the Lombard volunteers) in the ''Legione Manara'' in the

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n and Trentine campaigns of the First Italian War of Independence, and participated in the formation of the

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, in 1849. During the battle against the French, which finally freed

from the insurgents, Dandolo fought at the rank of captain in the '' Battaglione Bersaglieri Lombardi'', under the command of Luciano Manara. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dandolo, Enrico 1827 births 1849 deaths Enrico, Patriot Italian people of the Italian unification People from Varese Italian military personnel killed in action