The Papal Zouaves (Italian: Zuavi Pontifici) were an infantry battalion, later regiment, dedicated to defending the Papal States. Named after the French zouave regiments, the Zuavi Pontifici were mainly young men, unmarried and Catholic, who volunteered to assist Pope Pius IX in his struggle against the Italian unificationist Risorgimento.[1]
The PapalZouaves (Italian: Zuavi Pontifici) were an infantry battalion, later regiment, dedicated to defending the Papal States. Named after the French...
regiments after the Algerian War. In the 1860s, zouave units arose in many other countries. The PapalZouaves were organized by Louis Juchault de Lamoricière...
Pontifical Zouaves, in the Papal States, under the name John Watson. An old friend, Henri Beaumont de Sainte-Marie, recognized Surratt and notified papal officials...
dragoons. In 1861 an international Catholic volunteer corps, called PapalZouaves after a kind of French colonial native Algerian infantry, and imitating...
PapalZouaves, formed in 1861 to oppose Italian unification. Following defeat and abolition of the States by the Kingdom of Italy, four small Papal units...
Capuchin order. The chapel also contains the tomb of the PapalZouaves who died defending the Papal States at the battle of Porta Pia.[citation needed] Crypt...
general who commanded the Army of the Papal States and was the arms minister during the reign of Pope Pius IX. He led Papal forces during the Battle of Mentana...
central Italy was divided into two states, the Papal States and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. The Papal States, officially the State of the Church, were...
mine under the Serristori barracks in Borgo, which was the seat of the PapalZouaves, devastating the building and killing 27 persons. However, when the...
suppressed. During the night of 22 October 1867, the group was surrounded by PapalZouaves, and Giovanni was severely wounded. Enrico was mortally wounded and...
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The Franco-Belgian, Austrian and Irish battalions later joined the PapalZouaves, an infantry regiment of international composition that pledged to aid...
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entered Rome (see capture of Rome). Forty-nine Italian soldiers and 19 PapalZouaves died. Rome and the region of Lazio were annexed to the Kingdom of Italy...
to the United Kingdom in September 1865 and then Rome. He joined the PapalZouaves, but in April 1866, he was recognized and arrested on November 7, 1866...
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[clarification needed] The calotte originates from the skullcap worn by the PapalZouaves around 1860. The calotte is cylindrical, made from velvet and astrakhan...
years. In 1867, her superiors sent her to Italy in the service of the PapalZouaves. After spending three days and three nights on the battlefield, she...
in North Brabant. Dutch PapalZouaves and local Catholics gathered in Oudenbosch and left for Rome in 1868 to defend the Papal State against Giuseppe Garibaldi's...
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Charette de la Contrie, French royalist, noble, military commander of the PapalZouaves Balilla, Genoese boy who started the revolt against the Habsburgs Nino...
The United States Zouave Cadets (also known as the Chicago Zouaves and Zouave Cadets of Chicago) was a short-lived zouave unit of the Illinois militia...
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