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Raffaele Luigi De Ferrari, Prince of Lucedio, Duke of Galliera (6 July 1803 – 23 November 1876) was an Italian philanthropist and politician. Raffaele was born at

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from an aristocratic family, the third child of Andrea de Ferrari and Livia Pallavicino. His father died in January 1828 when Raffaele was twenty years old and he inherited the family estate. He was a senator of the

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and had the title of

Duke of Galliera Duke of Galliera is an Nobility of Italy, Italian noble title that has been created several times for members of different families. The name of the title refers to the ''comune'' of Galliera, which is located in the Province of Bologna in Emilia� ...

from 18 September 1838 at the behest of

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. The title was recognized by King Charles Albert of Sardinia on 18 July 1843, he was also created ''Prince of Lucedio''. Raffaele made his economic fortune in Paris, where he lived most of the time.

Marriage and family

He married in 1828 to

Maria Brignole-Sale Maria Brignole Sale De Ferrari, Duchess of Galliera (5 April 1811 – 9 December 1888) was an Italian noblewoman and philanthropist. She enabled the foundation of the first museums in her birthplace of Genoa, the Palazzo Rosso (Genoa), Palazzo Ro ...

(1811–1888), daughter of Marquis Antoine Brignole-Sale and Marquise Arthemisa

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, of Genoa. They had three children: *Livia (1828–1829) *Andrea (1831–1847) *

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(1850–1917), an eccentric stamp collector, who at the death of his father, refused to inherit his fortune and the title of Duke to which he was entitled.

Duke of Galliera

His biographical profile as a politician and patron is traced in the memorial service made to the Senate on 27 December 1876. In it he remembered how in 1837 he acquired by Prince Oscar, who later became

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, and his wife

Josephine of Leuchtenberg Josephine of Leuchtenberg (Joséphine Maximilienne Eugénie Napoléone de Beauharnais; 14 March 1807 – 7 June 1876), also Josefina, was Queen of Sweden and Norway from 8 March 1844 to 8 July 1859 as the wife of King Oscar I. She was also Pri ...

(daughter of

Eugène de Beauharnais Eugène Rose de Beauharnais (; 3 September 1781 – 21 February 1824) was a French statesman and military officer who served in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Through the second marriage of his mother, Joséphine de Beauharnais, ...

), all possessions which Emperor Napoleon I of France granted in 1812.

Honours

* Grand Officer of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, 13 January 1856. * Grand Cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, 3 August 1862. * Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, 8 December 1875. * Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy

Notes and sources

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Raffaele Raffaele () is an Italian given name and surname, variant of the English Raphael. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Raffaele Amato (born 1965), Italian mobster * Raffaele Cutolo (1941–2021), Italian mobster * Raffaele Ganci (193 ...

Politicians from Genoa Italian expatriates in France Members of the Senate of the Kingdom of Sardinia