Michele Carrascosa (1774–1853) was a

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general and politician. Born to a Spanish family in

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that came to Italy with

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, Carrascosa was, along with his brother Rafaelle, a career soldier. He fought against the French in the Battle of Lodi in 1796, in which he was wounded, but later joined the French-allied Parthenopean Republic. When the short-lived republic fell, Carrascosa was captured and exiled by

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troops. He joined the French forces in the

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before returning to Naples, which was now a Kingdom controlled by

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brother-in-law, Joachim Murat. Murat appointed Carrascosa military governor of Naples and made him a Baron of the Kingdom. He was in command of the Neapolitan army during the

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of 1815, where he signed the

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after Murat fled to

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. From 1815 he was a general in the army of the restored Kingdom of Two Sicilies.Lino Martini, On the Battle of Rieti-Antrodoco 7 March 1821, Rieti 2015, Historical-Critical Study Following a series of scandals in 1823, Carrascosa was again exiled from Naples, this time in

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, and did not return until 1848, where he was once more in good standing with the kingdom, and was appointed to the House of Peers.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carrascosa, Michele 1774 births 1853 deaths 18th-century Neapolitan people 19th-century Neapolitan people Italian people of Spanish descent Italian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars People of the Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)