Amilcare Paulucci

The Marquis Amilcare Ambrosio Paulucci delle Roncole was an aristocrat from Modena, in what is now Italy, who served in the navy of the Bourbon Kingdom of Naples from 1787 to 1799. He then joined the French service during the wars of the French Revolution and the First French Empire. He served in the Parthenopean Republic, the Cisalpine Republic and the Kingdom of Italy. While commanding a squadron in the Adriatic in 1808 he was captured by the British and held until 1812. He joined the army in 1813 and served in the expedition against Austria, where he was wounded. When the French Empire collapsed in 1814, he helped arrange the transfer of officers and troops in Italy to the Austrian army. He became a major general in the Austrian army in July 1814. In 1818, he again became involved in naval affairs, and in 1824 became commander in chief of the Austrian navy based in Venice, a position he held until 1844.