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Also Known As Michele Pezza
Born April 7, 1771 • Italy
Died November 11, 1806 (aged 35) • Naples • Italy
Role In French Revolutionary wars
Ferdinand I
king of the Two Sicilies
Maria Carolina
queen of Naples
Sir John Francis Edward Acton, 6th Baronet
prime minister of the Kingdom of Naples
Ladislas
king of Naples
Joan I
queen of Naples
Joan II
queen of Naples
Charles II
king of Naples
Ruggiero di Lauria
Italian admiral
Fabrizio Ruffo
Italian cardinal and politician
Francesco Caracciolo, duke di Brienza
Italian admiral
Guglielmo Pepe
Italian soldier
Niccolò Acciaiuoli
Italian statesman and soldier
Pietro Giannone
Italian historian and jurist
Louis
king of Naples
Muzio Attendolo Sforza
Italian condottiere
Charles I of Naples and Sicily
Charles I
king of Naples and Sicily
Ferdinand II
king of Naples
Bernardo, Marquess Tanucci
Italian statesman
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt, the Younger
prime minister of United Kingdom