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'''Michele Giuseppe Albini''' (], 20 September 1780 – ]<ref name="Senato"/>, 31 July 1859) was an Italian admiral and politician, who was commander of the naval squadron of the ] sent to the aid of the ] during the ]. Senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia, awarded the honours of Grand Officer of the ], and Grand Officer of the ], he was the father of the admirals ] and ]. |
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'''Michele Giuseppe Albini''' (], 20 September 1780 – ],<ref name="Senato"/> 31 July 1859) was an Italian admiral and politician, who was commander of the naval squadron of the ] sent to the aid of the ] during the ]. Senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia, awarded the honours of Grand Officer of the ], and Grand Officer of the ], he was the father of the admirals ] and ]. |
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He began his military career at a very young age in Sardinian navy in the port of ], and having embarked as a young officer on the frigate '']'', he took part in the ] and was subsequently taken prisoner of war on 8 June 1794, when the Alceste was captured by the French frigate '']''.<ref name=“Ilari”>{{cite book| first1=Virgilio |last1=Ilari |first2=Davide |last2= Shamà |title= Dizionario bibliografico dell’Armata Sarda seimila biografie (1799-1821)|place= Invorio |publisher=Widerholdt Frères srl, |pages=15-16 |date=2008 |ISBN= 978-88-902817-9-2}}</ref><ref name=“Donolo”>{{cite book| first=Luigi |last=Donolo |title=Il Mediterraneo nell'Età delle rivoluzioni 1789-1849 |place=Pisa |publisher=Pisa University Press |date=2012 |ISBN= 978-88-6741-004-0}}</ref>{{rp|59}} |
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He began his military career at a very young age in Sardinian navy in the port of ], and having embarked as a young officer on the frigate '']'', he took part in the ] and was subsequently taken prisoner of war on 8 June 1794, when the Alceste was captured by the French frigate '']''.<ref name=“Ilari”>{{cite book| first1=Virgilio |last1=Ilari |first2=Davide |last2= Shamà |title= Dizionario bibliografico dell'Armata Sarda seimila biografie (1799-1821)|place= Invorio |publisher=Widerholdt Frères srl |pages=15–16 |date=2008 |isbn= 978-88-902817-9-2}}</ref><ref name=“Donolo”>{{cite book| first=Luigi |last=Donolo |title=Il Mediterraneo nell'Età delle rivoluzioni 1789-1849 |place=Pisa |publisher=Pisa University Press |date=2012 |isbn= 978-88-6741-004-0}}</ref>{{rp|59}} |
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Promoted to lieutenant in December 1803, he was commander of the ] ''Vittorio Emanuele'' during the ].<ref name=“Ilari”/> He commanded the launch ''Benvenuto'' during the hydrographic expedition for the drafting of a new ] of Sardinia designed by him, and during the capture of a small corsair vessel under ] in 1808. He was subsequently commander of the xebec ''Carloforte'' with which he captured a French corsair in 1810 and two Barbary merchantmen in 1811. Promoted to lieutenant in 1812, he commanded the brig ''Veloce'' in the Capraia expedition (1815),<ref name=“Donolo”/>{{rp|313}} and was then promoted to 1st lieutenant and then 3rd captain.<ref name=“Ilari”/> |
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Promoted to lieutenant in December 1803, he was commander of the ] ''Vittorio Emanuele'' during the ].<ref name=“Ilari”/> He commanded the launch ''Benvenuto'' during the hydrographic expedition for the drafting of a new ] of Sardinia designed by him, and during the capture of a small corsair vessel under ] in 1808. He was subsequently commander of the xebec ''Carloforte'' with which he captured a French corsair in 1810 and two Barbary merchantmen in 1811. Promoted to lieutenant in 1812, he commanded the brig ''Veloce'' in the Capraia expedition (1815),<ref name=“Donolo”/>{{rp|313}} and was then promoted to 1st lieutenant and then 3rd captain.<ref name=“Ilari”/> |
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Captain of the vessel in 2nd rank, he was commander of the corvette ''Aurora'' operating in the waters off ] (5 May - 2 June 1830), and then of the frigates '']'' (1832) and '']'' (1839-1840).<ref name=“Ilari”/> Having become rear admiral in 1838, he was made Senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia (3 April 1848).<ref name="Atti">{{cite book |title=Atti parlamentari |date=1860 |publisher=Tip. E. Botta |location=Turin |page=2 |access-date=4 January 2025 |url= https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Po5QAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA2&dq=giuseppe+albini+ammiraglio&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR-N-Q1dyKAxUZUkEAHSfGOPUQ6AF6BAgIEAM#v=onepage&q=giuseppe%20albini%20ammiraglio&f=false}}</ref> After the outbreak of the first war of independence he assumed command of the squadron sent to the Adriatic to help the Republic of Venice.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Michelini |first1=Alessandro |title=Storia della marina militare del cessato regno di Sardegna dal 1814 sino alla metà del mese di marzo del 1861 volume 1 |date=1863 |publisher=Tipografia Eredi Botta |location=Turin |page=118 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FFQvAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA105&dq=giuseppe+albini+ammiraglio&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR-N-Q1dyKAxUZUkEAHSfGOPUQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q=giuseppe%20albini%20ammiraglio&f=false |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref> During the this assignment, he had some disagreements with rear admiral ], vice-commander of the naval squadron.<ref name=“Donolo”/>{{rp|421}} On 20 October 1848 he was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.<ref name=“Ilari”/> |
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Captain of the vessel in 2nd rank, he was commander of the corvette ''Aurora'' operating in the waters off ] (5 May - 2 June 1830), and then of the frigates '']'' (1832) and '']'' (1839-1840).<ref name=“Ilari”/> Having become rear admiral in 1838, he was made Senator of the Kingdom of Sardinia (3 April 1848).<ref name="Atti">{{cite book |title=Atti parlamentari |date=1860 |publisher=Tip. E. Botta |location=Turin |page=2 |access-date=4 January 2025 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Po5QAAAAYAAJ&dq=giuseppe+albini+ammiraglio&pg=RA1-PA2}}</ref> After the outbreak of the first war of independence he assumed command of the squadron sent to the Adriatic to help the Republic of Venice.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Michelini |first1=Alessandro |title=Storia della marina militare del cessato regno di Sardegna dal 1814 sino alla metà del mese di marzo del 1861 volume 1 |date=1863 |publisher=Tipografia Eredi Botta |location=Turin |page=118 |isbn=978-1-02-234421-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FFQvAAAAYAAJ&dq=giuseppe+albini+ammiraglio&pg=PA105 |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref> During the this assignment, he had some disagreements with rear admiral ], vice-commander of the naval squadron.<ref name=“Donolo”/>{{rp|421}} On 20 October 1848 he was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.<ref name=“Ilari”/> |
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The command of the fleet was taken away from him in 1849 for having hesitated to obey the order to bring the Sardinian fleet and troops back to ].<ref name=“Ilari”/> as required in the armistice agreement signed by the Piedmontese and Austrian governments. The naval fleet left Ancona and went to Venice to embark the soldiers of the Sardinian Army present there, but the fact caused a partial mutiny of the crews of the ships, in particular on the frigates '']'' (the flagship) and ''Beroldo''.<ref name=“Donolo”/>{{rp|424}} Promoted to the rank of vice-admiral and made count on 3 April 1850,<ref name=“Ilari”/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cibrario |first1=Luigi |title=Notizie genealogiche di famiglie nobili degli antichi stati della monarchia di Savoia cui si premette la tragica storia di Jacopo Valperga di Masino |date=1866 |publisher=Tipografia Eredi Botta |location=Turin |page=63 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=R-RFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA63&dq=giuseppe+albini+ammiraglio&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiR-N-Q1dyKAxUZUkEAHSfGOPUQ6AF6BAgNEAM#v=onepage&q=giuseppe%20albini%20ammiraglio&f=false |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref> he entered the Naval General Staff, and the Permanent Consultative Congress, of the general council of maritime health and of the Commission for the examination of the bill on military recruitment (5 February 1851).<ref name=“Ilari”/> |
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The command of the fleet was taken away from him in 1849 for having hesitated to obey the order to bring the Sardinian fleet and troops back to ].<ref name=“Ilari”/> as required in the armistice agreement signed by the Piedmontese and Austrian governments. The naval fleet left Ancona and went to Venice to embark the soldiers of the Sardinian Army present there, but the fact caused a partial mutiny of the crews of the ships, in particular on the frigates '']'' (the flagship) and ''Beroldo''.<ref name=“Donolo”/>{{rp|424}} Promoted to the rank of vice-admiral and made count on 3 April 1850,<ref name=“Ilari”/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cibrario |first1=Luigi |title=Notizie genealogiche di famiglie nobili degli antichi stati della monarchia di Savoia cui si premette la tragica storia di Jacopo Valperga di Masino |date=1866 |publisher=Tipografia Eredi Botta |location=Turin |page=63 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-RFAQAAMAAJ&dq=giuseppe+albini+ammiraglio&pg=PA63 |access-date=4 January 2025}}</ref> he entered the Naval General Staff, and the Permanent Consultative Congress, of the general council of maritime health and of the Commission for the examination of the bill on military recruitment (5 February 1851).<ref name=“Ilari”/> |
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He was awarded the honours of Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (26 April) and Grand Officer of the Military Order of Savoy (12 June 1856).<ref name=“Ilari”/> member of the ] since 1868 and at one time its President, author of a Portolan of Liguria, he donated the pendulum abandoned in San Stefano in 1793 by Napoleon Bonaparte to the naval museum.in Santo Stefano.<ref name=“Ilari”/> |
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He was awarded the honours of Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (26 April) and Grand Officer of the Military Order of Savoy (12 June 1856).<ref name=“Ilari”/> member of the ] since 1868, author of a Portolan of Liguria, he donated the pendulum abandoned in San Stefano in 1793 by Napoleon Bonaparte to the naval museum.in Santo Stefano.<ref name=“Ilari”/> |
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He began his military career at a very young age in Sardinian navy in the port of Nice, and having embarked as a young officer on the frigate Alceste, he took part in the siege of Toulon and was subsequently taken prisoner of war on 8 June 1794, when the Alceste was captured by the French frigate Boudeuse.
The command of the fleet was taken away from him in 1849 for having hesitated to obey the order to bring the Sardinian fleet and troops back to La Spezia. as required in the armistice agreement signed by the Piedmontese and Austrian governments. The naval fleet left Ancona and went to Venice to embark the soldiers of the Sardinian Army present there, but the fact caused a partial mutiny of the crews of the ships, in particular on the frigates San Michele (the flagship) and Beroldo. Promoted to the rank of vice-admiral and made count on 3 April 1850, he entered the Naval General Staff, and the Permanent Consultative Congress, of the general council of maritime health and of the Commission for the examination of the bill on military recruitment (5 February 1851).
He was awarded the honours of Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (26 April) and Grand Officer of the Military Order of Savoy (12 June 1856). member of the Italian Geographical Society since 1868, author of a Portolan of Liguria, he donated the pendulum abandoned in San Stefano in 1793 by Napoleon Bonaparte to the naval museum.in Santo Stefano.
He was the son of Giovanni Battista Albini and the noblewoman Carmen Maddalena Evangelisti Alighiero. He married Raffaella D'Ornano, a relative of Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, uncle of Napoleon Bonaparte, with whom he had six children: Giovan Battista, Giorgio, Augusto, Maddalena, Giovanna (who married a nobleman of the Campofregoso family of Genoa) and Francesca.
