Raphaël, Comte de Casabianca

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, then mistress of the island. In 1793, having entered the service of the revolutionary government, he was appointed lieutenant-general in Corsica in place of

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, who was outlawed for intrigues with

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. For his defence of Calvi against the English he was appointed general of division, and he served in Italy from 1794 to 1798. After the 18th of Brumaire he entered the senate and was made count of the empire in 1806. In 1814 he joined the party of

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, rejoined

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during the Hundred Days, and in 1819 succeeded again in entering the chamber of peers. His nephew

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was a soldier and poet. ---- {{DEFAULTSORT:Casabianca, Raphael 1738 births 1825 deaths Corsican politicians Counts of France French commanders of the Napoleonic Wars French generals

Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual a ...