PIETRO See also:

• PIETRO COLLETTA (1775-1831)

COLLETTA (1775-1831)  , Neapolitan See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general and historian, entered the Neapolitan See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery in 1796 and took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French in 1798 . On the entry of the French into See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples and the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of the Parthenopean See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic (1799) he adhered to the new See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and when the See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand IV . (q.v.) reconquered the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city See also:

• COLLETTA, PIETRO (1775-1831)

Colletta was thrown into See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison and only escaped the See also:

• DEATH

death See also:

• PENALTY (Lat. poena, punishment)

penalty by means of judiciously administered bribes . Turned out of the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army he became a See also:

• CIVIL

civil engineer, but when the Bourbons were expelled a second See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in 1806 and See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte seized the See also:

• THRONE

throne of Naples, he was reinstated in his See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank and served in the expedition against the brigands and rebels of See also:

• CALABRIA

Calabria . In 1812 he was promoted general, and made director of roads and See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges . He served under See also:

• JOACHIM, JOSEPH (1831—1907)

Joachim See also:

• MURAT, JOACHIM (1767—1815)

Murat and fought the Austrians on the Panaro in 1815 . On the restoration of Ferdinand Colletta was permitted to retain his rank in the army, and given command of the See also:

• SALERNO (anc. Salernum)

Salerno See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division . At the out-break of the revolution of 1820 the king called him to his See also:

• COUNCILS

councils, and when the constitution had been granted Colletta was sent to put down the separatist rising in See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, which he did with See also:

• GREAT

great severity . He fought in the constitutionalist army against the Austrians at See also:

• RIETI (anc. Reate)

Rieti (7th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1821), and on the re-establishment of See also:

• AUTOCRACY (Gr. abroepareca, absolute power)

autocracy he was arrested and imprisoned for three months by See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of the See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• CANOSA (anc. Canusium)

Canosa, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of See also:

• POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police, his particular enemy . He would have been executed had not the Austrians intervened in his favour, and he was exiled instead to Brinn in See also:

• MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

Moravia; in 1823 he was permitted to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle in See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence, where he spent the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his days engaged on his See also:

• SCORIA (Lat. scoria, slag)

Scoria del reame di Napoli . He died in 1831 . His See also:

• HISTORY

history (1st ed., Capolago, 1834), which deals with the reigns of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles III. and Ferdinand IV .

(1734-1825), is still the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• WORK

work for that See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period; but its value is somewhat diminished by the author's bitterness against his opponents and the fact that he does not give See also:

• CHAPTER (a shortened form of chapiter, a word still used in architecture for a capital; derived from O. Fr. chapitre, Lat. capitellum, diminutive of caput, head)

chapter and See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse for his statements, many of which are based on his recollection of documents seen, but not available at the time of See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing . Still, having been an actor in many of the events recorded, he is on the whole accurate and trustworthy . See Gino See also:

• CAPPONI, GINO, MARQUIS (1792-1876)
• CAPPONI, PIERO (1447-1496)

Capponi's memoir of him published in the Storia del reame di Napoli (2nd ed., Florence, 1848) . (L .