Alberto Blanc

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[[File:Alberto Blanc.gif|thumb|Alberto Blanc]] '''Alberto Blanc''' (10 November 1835, [[Chambéry]] – 31 May 1904) was an [[Italians|Italian]] diplomat and politician. He was minister of foreign affairs of the [[Kingdom of Italy]] from 1893 to 1896. He was ambassador to Italy to the [[Ottoman Empire]] from 1886 to 1891, [[List of ambassadors of Italy to the United States|the United States]] from 1875 to 1880, and [[Spain]] from 1870 to 1871 and then again from 1883 to 1887. He was a recipient of the [[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus]].

==Biography== Son of Louis François Blanc and Mariette Cartannas, he married Natalia (Natividad) [[Tomás Terry|Terry]], an Irish-Cuban sugar heiress. By royal decree of 30 March 1873, he was granted the title of Baron.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/5cf68b34c7af786ac12571140059a4cb/521771f72c2dc4c54125646f005902da?OpenDocument|title=Senato della Repubblica - Alberto Blanc |publisher=senato.it |access-date=23 November 2021| language=IT| url-status= live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221150739/http://notes9.senato.it/Web/senregno.NSF/5cf68b34c7af786ac12571140059a4cb/521771f72c2dc4c54125646f005902da?OpenDocument |archive-date=21 February 2014 }}</ref>

He graduated in Law at the [[University of Turin]] in 1857. From 1857 to 1860 he worked as a publicist.<ref name="rep">{{cite book |editor-first = Fabio | editor-last = Grassi | author = Università degli Studi di Lecce|date= 1987|title= La formazione della diplomazia nazionale (1861-1915): Repertorio bio-bibliografico dei funzionari del Ministero degli Affari Esteri|trans-title= |url=https://baldi.diplomacy.edu/diplo/texts/La_Formazione_della_diplomazia_Nazionale.pdf |language=IT |location=Rome |publisher=Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca della Stato |pages = 84-85 }}</ref>

The [[Count of Cavour]] sent him on a special mission to [[Paris]] on 2 February 1860. Hi appointment of secretary of second class at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 24 October 1860 marked the beginning a brilliant diplomatic career.<ref name="rep"/>

In 1893 he bought a vineyard in [[Rome]], in [[Via Nomentana]], and had its buildings renovated, thus creating what became Villa Blanc, one of the most beautiful villas in Rome, now located in the Municipality of Rome II.

==Works== * ''Alberto Blanc'', Collana Testi diplomatici vol. 4, Ministero degli Affari Esteri - Servizio Storico e Documentazione - Roma [https://baldi.diplomacy.edu/diplo/texts/Alberto%20Blanc.pdf (PDF version)]

== Honors == [[File:Cavaliere_di_gran_Croce_Regno_SSML_BAR.svg|frameless|73x73px]] [[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus|Grand cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus]] – 2 October 1891

[[File: Cavaliere di Gran Croce OCI Kingdom BAR.svg|frameless|73x73px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown of Italy]]

== See also == * [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Italy)]] * [[Foreign relations of Italy]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * ''[https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/alberto-blanc_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ Alberto Blanc sul sito dell'Enciclopedia italiana]'', on ''[[treccani.it]].''

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