Florestano Pepe (March 4, 1778 – April 3, 1851) was an Italian patriot. He was brother to the more famous general

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and cousin to

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. Pepe was born in

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(

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) and entered the

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army at young age. In 1799 he was amongst the defenders of the Neapolitan Republic. Defeated by the Bourbon troops under Cardinal

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, he was captured and exiled to

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. He fought in numerous battles of the

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under

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and

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. He was chief of staff of the Neapolitan Division of Marshal Suchet's army in the

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(1809), and took part in the

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of 1812. He was also a protagonist of the Neapolitan Revolution of 1820; wounded, he retired to private life. Florestano Pepe died in

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in 1851.

References

Brief biography
*Francesco Carrano, ''Vita del generale Florestano Pepe'', Genova, Stab. Ponthenier, 1851 *Cesare Morisani, ''Ricordi biografici del generale Florestano Pepe'', Reggio di Calabria, F. Morello, 1892 *Carlo Trionfi, ''Guglielmo e Florestano Pepe'', Milano, Oberdan Zucchi, 1942 {{DEFAULTSORT:Pepe, Florestano 1778 births 1851 deaths People from Squillace Italian soldiers French soldiers Italian people of the Italian unification Italian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars People of the Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)