Fernando de Rosa
| Fernando de Rosa | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Fernando Lencioni October 7, 1908 Milan |
| Died | October 1936 Madrid |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | Attempted assassination of Umberto II |
Fernando de Rosa (October 7, 1908- October 1936) was an Italian student who attempted to assassinate Umberto Prince of Piedmont, later Umberto II of Italy in Brussels on October 24, 1929. De Rosa was born in Milan and studied law in Turin before fleeing Italy for France in order to avoid imprisonment for his political views. He remained in Paris for about a year, studying law at the University of Paris and writing for an anti-fascist journal.
In October 1929, de Rosa traveled to Brussels and fired a shot at Italian Crown Prince Umberto II in an attempted assassination. The shot missed and de Rosa was promptly arrested. His trial became a major political event, and though he was found guilty of attempted murder, he was given a light sentence of five years in prison. This sentence caused a political uproar in Italy and a brief rift in Belgian-Italian relations. In March 1932, de Rosa was pardoned at the request of Prince Umberto and released, having served slightly less than half of his sentence. He announced an intention to return to Paris and continue his legal studies, but ended up in Spain, where he was arrested for taking part in a socialist uprising in 1934. He died in October 1936 while fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
De Rosa was born October 7, 1908 in Milan as Fernando Lencioni, and left at the hospital there by a midwife. He was adopted by a local family and brought up as their own child, changing his name to de Rosa in 1918. He lived in Milan until 1922 or 1923, when he left to study in Turin, eventually entering a program in law there. In 1928, fearing that he would be imprisoned by Mussolini's regime for his political views, he crossed the Alps on skis into France. Upon his arrival in France, he was arrested by the French police, but after explaining his circumstances, he was given a French identity card and allowed to remain in the country. He then moved to Paris where he wrote for an anti-fascist journal and studied law at the University of Paris. While he was in Paris, de Rosa's political views also radicalized. He became a committed socialist and declared himself a member of the Second International.
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