Enrico Dandolo

Enrico Dandolo (26 June 1827 in Varese – night of 3 June 1849, during the riots around Villa Corsini, Rome) was an Italian patriot and soldier who took part in the Risorgimento. He came from a family with a long tradition of participation in the Italian wars of independence.

Life

Childhood and education Enrico Dandolo was born in Varese as the son of Count Tullio Dandolo and Giulietta Bargnani. He spent part of his childhood (1835–1838) at his mother's villa in Adro, in the province of Brescia, in a family environment that fostered patriotic ideals. After a two-year stay in Rome with his family (1838–1840), he returned to Lombardy and continued his education at the Brera gymnasium in Milan.

Military service and the First Italian War of Independence Following the Five Days of Milan, Enrico Dandolo, gaining experience and maturity in the tactics of guerrilla warfare, took part (with the Lombard volunteers) in the Legione Manara in the Brescian and Trentine campaigns of the First Italian War of Independence. He saw combat at Castelnuovo and Lazise. On 14 April 1848, he was recalled to Milan by the commander-in-chief and appointed adjutant to General E. Perrone, commander of the Lombard division.