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See also:FRANCIS V
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(1819–1375), See also:duke of See also:Modena, son of See also:Francis IV., succeeded his See also:father in 1846
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Although less cruel and also less intelligent than his father, he had an equally high See also:opinion of his own authority
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His reign began with disturbances at Fivizzano and See also:Pontremoli, which See also:Tuscany surrendered to him according to treaty but against the wishes of the inhabitants (1847), and at See also:Massa and See also:Carrara, where the troops shot down the See also:people
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Feeling his position insecure, the duke asked for and obtained an See also:Austrian See also:garrison, but on the outbreak of revolution throughout See also:Italy and at See also:Vienna in 1848, further disorders occurred in the duchy, and on the loth of See also: He retired to Austria, and died at See also:Munich in See also:November 1875 . BiamoGxppay.—N . Bianchi, I Ducati Estensi (See also:Turin, 1852) ; See also:Galvani, Memorie di S.A.R . See also:Francesco IV (Modena, 1847); Documenti riguardanti ii governo degli Austro-Estensi in Modena (Modena, 186o) ; C . ,Tivaroni, L'Italia dvcrante it domino austriaco, is 6o6,653 (Turin, 1892), and L'Italia degli See also:Italian, i . 114-125 (Turin, 1895); Silingardi, ' Ciro Menotti," in the Rivista europea (See also:Florence, 188o) ; F . A . Gualterio, Gli ultimi rivolgimenti italiani (Florence, 185o) See also:Bayard de See also:Volo, Vita di Francesco V (4 vols., Modena, 1878-1885) . (L . |
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