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Raffaele Cadorna (9 February 1815 – 6 February 1897) was an Italian general who served as one of the majorPiedmontese leaders responsible for theunification of Italy during the mid-19th century.
Born inMilan, Cadorna entered the Piedmontese military academy atTurin in 1832. Joining the engineer corps in 1840, he commanded a volunteer engineer battalion inLombardy from March 1848 until August 1849 during theFirst Italian War of Independence.
Cadorna served with the Piedmontese forces in January 1855 during theCrimean War. He won distinction during theSecond War of Independence at theBattle of San Martino and was awarded the rank of Colonel in 1859. He was also appointed Minister of War to the republican regime ofTuscany that same year.
Cadorna served as a lieutenant general and corps commander in theItalian front of the Austro-Prussian War. He led successful operations against theAustrians from June to July 1866.
In 1870, he led the invasion of thePapal States. Cadorna'scapture of Rome on 20 September finally completed the unification of Italy.[1] For this service, he was named aSenator the following year. Retiring from public life soon after, he lived in Tuscany until his death in 1897.
His sonLuigi Cadorna rose to the rank of Field Marshal and served as Italian chief of staff during part ofWorld War I, while his grandsonRaffaele Cadorna Jr. was a general and commander of theItalian resistance duringWorld War II.
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