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Massimo Taparelli, Marquis d'Azeglio, was born in Turin on 24 October 1798. He was descended from an ancient and noble Piedmontese family. His father, Cesare d'Azeglio, an officer in the Piedmontese army, held a high position at court.
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Massimo Taparelli, Marquis d'Azeglio, was born in Turin on 24 October 1798. He was descended from an ancient and noble Piedmontese family. His father, Cesare d'Azeglio, an officer in the Piedmontese army, held a high position at court.
After spending his youth dedicated to painting (1820–30 at Rome), d’Azeglio wrote two obscurely political novels, Ettore Fieramosca (1833) and Niccolò de’Lapi (1841).
He was marked as a relatively moderate leader of the Risorgimento.
His chief work, Gli ultimi casi de Romagna (1846; “The Last Chances for Romagna”), is a trenchant political critique of the papal government of Romagna; it demanded that its populace renounce local revolts and show confidence in the Piedmontese king of Sardinia, Charles Albert, who would head a liberal Italian federation.
D’Azeglio fought against the Austrians in the Italian liberation movement of 1848.
When Charles Albert, defeated by the Austrians first at Custoza (1848) and then at Novara (1849), abdicated to his son Victor Emmanuel II, d’Azeglio was named prime minister of Piedmont-Sardinia on May 7, 1849. His most important piece of legislation, the Siccardi laws of 1851, abolished ecclesiastical courts and immunities. He also invited Camillo Benso, Count di Cavour, then a rising young politician, to enter the ministry in 1850.
D’Azeglio resigned on Oct. 30, 1852, because of a disagreement with Cavour, who had become his finance minister.
He retired from public life and served only in minor political roles thereafter. During his last years he wrote his memoirs, I miei ricordi (“My Memoirs”), unfinished and published posthumously in 1867.
He died of fever in Turin on 15 January 1866.
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D'Azeglio was not a liberal or a republican, but a paternal conservative who hoped for a federal union between Italian states.
His two chief political subjects of interest were the Roman question and the relations of Piedmont (now the kingdom of Italy) with Mazzini and the other revolutionaries. In his opinion Italy needed to be unified by means of the Franco-Piedmontese army alone, avoiding any connection with the other armies. He continued to hold that the pope should enjoy nominal sovereignty over Rome with full spiritual independence, with the capital of Italy being established elsewhere but the Romans being Italian citizens. He strongly disapproved of the convention of 1864 between the Italian government and the pope.
He played a significant role in the rehabilitation of Piedmont after the chaos of the 1848-49 revolutions. He had a low opinion of the people of Italy, who, he declared, "were 20 percent stupid rascally and bold, 80 percent stupid, honest and timid, and such a people has the government it deserves. " He became Prime Minister in 1849, despite a lack of experience or enthusiasm. Bored by debates in Parliament, he had unexpected strengths: He was honest and clear-cited, widely admired both at home and abroad, displaying wisdom and moderation that were crucial for consolidating the parliamentary system in his kingdom. He convinced the king to accept constitutional government, with the proviso the King could control military and foreign policy without parliamentary interference.
He was a Member of the Sardinian Chamber of Deputies.
He married the daudhter of Alessandro Manzoni, Giulia Manzoni.
Marquis d’Azeglio, The Honourable Grace Massimo d'Azeglio