Bettino Ricasoli
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The Honourable Bettino Ricasoli |
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| 2nd Prime Minister of Italy | |
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In office 20 June 1866 – 10 April 1867 |
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| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel II |
| Preceded by | Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora |
| Succeeded by | Urbano Rattazzi |
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In office 12 June 1861 – 3 March 1862 |
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| Monarch | Victor Emmanuel II |
| Preceded by | Count Cavour |
| Succeeded by | Urbano Rattazzi |
| Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies | |
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In office 18 February 1861 – 23 October 1880 |
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| Constituency | Florence |
| Mayor of Florence | |
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In office 13 December 1847 – 16 November 1848 |
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| Monarch | Leopold II |
| Preceded by | Vincenzo Peruzzi |
| Succeeded by | Ubaldino Peruzzi |
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9 March 1809 Florence, Arno, French Empire |
| Died | 23 October 1880 (aged 71) Brolio Castle, Gaiole in Chianti, Italy |
| Nationality | French-Italian |
| Political party | Historical Right |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Bonaccorsi |
| Children | Elisabetta |
| Education | Cicognini College |
| Profession | Landowner |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Bettino Ricasoli, 2nd Baron Ricasoli (Italian pronunciation: [betˈtiːno riˈkaːsoli; riˈkaːzoli]; 29 March 1809 – 23 October 1880) was an Italian statesman.
Ricasoli was born in Florence. Left an orphan at eighteen, with an estate heavily encumbered, he was by special decree of the grand duke of Tuscany declared of age and entrusted with the guardianship of his younger brothers. Interrupting his studies, he withdrew to Brolio, and by careful management disencumbered the family possessions. In 1847 he founded the journal La Patria, and addressed to the grand duke a memorial suggesting remedies for the difficulties of the state. In 1848 he was elected Gonfaloniere of Florence, but resigned on account of the anti-Liberal tendencies of the grand duke.
As Tuscan minister of the interior in 1859 he promoted the union of Tuscany with Piedmont, which took place on March 12, 1860. Elected Italian deputy in 1861, he succeeded Cavour in the premiership. As premier he admitted the Garibaldian volunteers to the regular army, revoked the decree of exile against Mazzini, and attempted reconciliation with the Vatican; but his efforts were rendered ineffectual by the non possumus of the pope.
Disdainful of the intrigues of his rival Rattazzi, he found himself obliged in 1862 to resign office, but returned to power in 1866. On this occasion he refused Napoleon III's offer to cede Venetia to Italy, on condition that Italy should abandon the Prussian alliance, and also refused the Prussian decoration of the Black Eagle because La Marmora, author of the alliance, was not to receive it.
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