Supporter of Italian Unification
Melzi lived from 1753 to 1816. He consistently supported the ideals of Italian unification that would lead to the Risorgimento shortly after his death.
Politics
Francesco Melzi d'Eril
Italian politician and patriot who served as vice-president of the Napoleonic Italian Republic from 1802 to 1805 and supported Italian unification.
Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Duke of Lodi and Count of Magenta, was an Italian politician and patriot. He served as vice-president of the Napoleonic Italian Republic from 1802 to 1805 and consistently supported the ideals of Italian unification. He commissioned Villa Melzi as his summer residence and was buried in its chapel.
Worth knowing
Vice-President of the Italian Republic
From 1802 to 1805, Melzi served as vice-president of the Napoleonic Italian Republic.
Villa Melzi
Melzi, a close political associate of Napoleon, commissioned Villa Melzi as his summer residence. He was later buried in its chapel.
Addresses you can still visit
Every place in this city with a documented tie to this person.
Lived here
Gardens of Villa Melzi
Napoleon's close political associate commissioned the villa as his summer residence and was buried in its chapel.
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