# Giuseppe Rondizzoni > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Giuseppe_Rondizzoni > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Giuseppe_Rondizzoni.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Rondizzoni > Source revision: 1353405071 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Chilean general (1788–1866)}} {{Infobox military person |name = Giuseppe Rondizzoni |image = José Rondizzoni - por Gil de Castro (detalle).jpg |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1788|3|14|df=y}} |birth_place = [Mezzano Superiore](/source/Mezzani), Italy |death_date = {{death date and age|1866|5|24|1788|3|14|df=y}} |death_place = [Valparaiso](/source/Valparaiso), Chile |nickname = |allegiance = {{ubl|[French Empire](/source/First_French_Empire)|[Chile](/source/Chile)}} |branch = |service_years = |rank = |unit = |commands = |battles = {{Tree list}} *[War of the Sixth Coalition](/source/War_of_the_Sixth_Coalition) **[Battle of Lützen](/source/Battle_of_L%C3%BCtzen_(1813)) **[Battle of Bautzen](/source/Battle_of_Bautzen_(1813)) **[Battle of Dresden](/source/Battle_of_Dresden) **[Battle of Leipzig](/source/Battle_of_Leipzig) *[Chilean War of Independence](/source/Chilean_War_of_Independence) **[Second Battle of Cancha Rayada](/source/Second_Battle_of_Cancha_Rayada) **[Battle of Mocopulli](/source/Battle_of_Mocopulli) *[Chilean Civil War of 1829–30](/source/Chilean_Civil_War_of_1829%E2%80%9330) **[Battle of Lircay](/source/Battle_of_Lircay) *[Chilean Civil War of 1851](/source/1851_Chilean_Revolution) **[Battle of Loncomilla](/source/Battle_of_Loncomilla) {{tree list/end}} |awards = }} '''Giuseppe Rondizzoni''' (14 March 1788 – 24 May 1866) was an Italian army officer who contributed to the independence of [Chile](/source/Chile). ==Early life and Napoleonic Wars== He was born in [Mezzano Superiore](/source/Mezzani) on 14 March 1788. Rondizzoni joined the French Imperial Guard in 1807. As a part of Napoleon's army he took part in the Spanish campaign in 1808 and the Austrian one in 1809. In 1812 he participated in the campaign of Russia and the year following in that of Germany. He fought with [Napoleon](/source/Napoleon) until his end in 1813 and 1814 in Germany (the battles of Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden, Leipzig, Magdeburg). In 1815, with the rank of [captain](/source/Captain_(land)), Rondizzoni gave evidence that was of great value in [Waterloo](/source/Battle_of_Waterloo). The Napoleonic Wars caused him a total of four wounds and earned him twenty mentions in dispatches for his courage. He also received the [Legion of Honor](/source/Legion_of_Honor). ==Chile== Returning to Italy after Waterloo, Rondizzoni was admitted to the Regiment of the [Duchy of Parma](/source/Duchy_of_Parma) which was then ruled by [Marie Louise of Austria](/source/Marie_Louise_of_Austria). Later he moved to [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia) in the United States, and it was in this city, that he met the Chilean General [Jose Miguel Carrera](/source/Jose_Miguel_Carrera). In February 1817 he traveled with him to [Buenos Aires](/source/Buenos_Aires) on the schooner ''Clifton''. In July 1817 he joined the Chilean army and took part in ''Sorpresa de Cancha Rayada'' battle. He left the army after the shooting of the Carrera brothers, but came back in 1823 with the rank of [lieutenant colonel](/source/lieutenant_colonel). Rondizzoni participated in the expedition for the liberation of [Peru](/source/Peru) from the Spaniards earning the rank of [colonel](/source/colonel). Then he took part in the expedition of [Chiloe](/source/Chiloe) in 1824 and 1826. He participated in the civil war of 1829–1830, fighting with [Ramón Freire](/source/Ram%C3%B3n_Freire) in the battles of Ochagavía and Lircay. The defeat suffered in the last battle forced him going into exile, first in Peru and then in [El Salvador](/source/El_Salvador). He returned to Chile in 1839, where he was appointed governor of [Constitución](/source/Constituci%C3%B3n%2C_Chile) on 12 April 1842 and governor of [Talcahuano](/source/Talcahuano) on 29 August 1849. In 1843 he was promoted to [brigadier general](/source/brigadier_general). He remained loyal to the government during the [Revolution of 1851](/source/Revolution_of_1851), fighting in the [Battle of Loncomilla](/source/Battle_of_Loncomilla). He was appointed Chief of Army Staff in 1851. That same year he became ''intendente'' of [Concepción](/source/Concepci%C3%B3n%2C_Chile) and ''intendente'' of Chiloe in January 1853. In 1861 he took leave of the Army and retired in [Valparaíso](/source/Valpara%C3%ADso) where he died on 24 May 1866. Appointed a Member of the [Legion of Merit of Chile](/source/Legion_of_Merit_of_Chile), General Rondizzoni is still living in the memory of his adopted country, which has named streets, squares and monuments and even a fortified work in the port of Talcahuano in his honour. ==Sources== {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book |last=Loevison|first=Ermanno|editor=Tipografia parmense|title=Gli Ufficiali Napoleonici Parmensi|year=1930|location=Parma, Italy|language=Italian|pages=28–29}} *{{cite book |last=Loevison|first=Ermanno|title=Dizionario Risorgimento|volume=4|year=1937|location=Parma, Italy|language=Italian|pages=104}} *{{cite book |last=da Mareto|first=Felice|editor=Deputazione di storia patria|title=Bibliografia generale delle antiche province parmensi|year=1973|location=Parma, Italy|language=Italian}} *{{Cite web |url= http://www.italiaestera.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5479|title= Il generale Giuseppe Rondizzoni Canepa, un parmense al servizio del Cile |access-date=6 August 2006 |author= |last= |first= |author-link= |format= |publisher= |location= |pages= |language=Italian |doi= |archive-url= |archive-date= |quote= }} {{Refend}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rondizzoni, Giuseppe}} Category:1788 births Category:1866 deaths Category:Italian military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Category:Italian emigrants to Chile Category:Military personnel from the Province of Parma Category:People from Mezzani Category:Chilean Army generals Category:People of the Chilean War of Independence Category:People of the Chilean Civil War of 1829–30 Category:Intendants of Concepción Province Category:Intendants of Chiloé Province --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Giuseppe Rondizzoni](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Rondizzoni) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Rondizzoni?action=history)). 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