François Franceschi-Losio Explained

François Franceschi-Losio (pronounced as /fr/; 3 July 1770 – 1810) was an Italo-French general, who entered the French Revolutionary army in 1795.

Born in Milan, he served through the Italian campaign of 1796–97, and subsequently, like Franceschi-Delonne, with Masséna at Zurich and at Genoa, and at the headquarters of King Joseph Bonaparte in Italy and Spain. He was killed in a duel by Carlo Filangieri in 1810.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120427014049/http://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/Biographie_des_c%C3%A9l%C3%A9brit%C3%A9s_militaires_des_arm%C3%A9es_de_terre_et_de_mer_de_1789_%C3%A0_1850/F Mullié, C. Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850