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Santarosa, Santorre Annibale De Rossi di Pomarolo, conte di, Italian History, Biographies
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Santarosa, Santorre Annibale De Rossi di Pomarolo, conte di[sAntOr´rA An-nE´bAlA dA rOs´sE dE pOmArO´lO kOn´tA dE sAn´´tArO´zA] Pronunciation Key, 1783–1825, Italian revolutionary. Hoping to establish a constitutional monarchy under Charles Albert, heir to the throne of Sardinia, he organized an unsuccessful revolution in Piedmont in 1821. He fled to Switzerland, then died while fighting for Greek independence.
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