Name: Alonzo Sebastiano Amat, Marchese di Soleminis e St Phillipe. Barone di Sorso
Date of Birth: February 23rd,1830 (33)
Place of Birth: Savoy
Class: Aristocrat
Position: 7th Marquess of Soleminis and St Phillipe, Baron of Sorso
Ancestral Land: Savoy
Biography:
The eldest son of Prime Minister Cesare Luigi Amat, Alonzo Sebastino has received a fine education, having graduated from St Vincents Catholic College in Varazze and the Royal Military Academy in Turin. As a boy of fourteen years, he has already known firmly that he would pursue a career of a soldier, when he would grow up. A much more down-to-earth man that his poetic and philosophical father, he quickly acknowledged that, while laws and duty is what binds the society together, without a sabre they cannot be guarded and enforced. And then he decided to become a man with the sabre.
Receiving his commission as a cornet at the age of sixteen, he started his service in the Royal Guard, then in the cuirassiers - and soon received the first scent of the field duties, serving during the turmolous years of 1850-1854. Under the orders of Bonaretti, he, commanding fourty hussars, by sword and pistol put down disorders in French-populated regions and policed in Turin, dully arresting agitators. For two years he served in Tunisia, within the new unit of Field Gendarmerie - and under command of Governor General Balbo participated in skirmishes with various native gangs. Then was recalled to mainland and returned to his old martial-law duties. During the time he became to be known as the Icicle - for his cold and strict manner, bordering cruelty, when he was dealing with the enemies of the Crown. It was then, when he begone to truly hate everybody who break the Law, trying to shake the harmonious boat of the Savoyard monarchy - and start to believe that they do not deserve mercy.
During the second term of Bonaretti the young captain briefly left the military, going for politics and naturally joining I Tradizionalisti. He was elected as the MP for Chambery, but mostly spoken on military matters and working within the parliamentary committee for state defence. He also worked as Junior Undersecretary in the Ministry of War, where has drafted many regulations for the armed forces. However, it was noticed that he felt bored without his army life.
When his father became Prime Minister, Alonzo, a devoted Catholic, eagery rejoined the military, now within the infantry and participared in the Last Crusade, and then the war with Ottomans. He was mainly known for valiantly defending Sinai under General D'Auria, going on many scouting missions and becoming especially close to the man. He was wounded in the foot during the time.
In 1859, already a Colonel and regimental commander, he was appointed as the Senior Aide-de-Campe to His Majesty the King, knowing to have acquiring cordial relationships with his Sovereign over the years of service in this capacity. In early 1864, however, he became the Military Liason of the Chief of Army wthin the Minister of War, having to leave the staff of His Majesty. Yet he did not serve too long in the position - for when the Roman Revolution started, his father send him as his agent to the King with a letter, in which he was begging the Monarch to use the help of the Whites to recover his throne - and then reissue the Statute, when he saw that fit. The desperate old Prime Minister did not know the King now had the forces of all Italy to command.
Initially sceptical of that plan, Alonzo was relieved, when the King told him he can now easily squash the radicals - and, reappointed as aide-de-camp, stayed with Vittorio Emmauelle. He was terribly shocked, when he had heard of success of the revolution and death of his father and other royalists at the hands of the Romans. Full of anger and commanding a regiment of the royal guard, he participated in the expedition against the revolutionaries and actively participated in the cleansing of Turin, shooting and hanging many enemies of the regime on the lampposts. Full of grief, he was, however, happy to know that his good friend and husband to his sister, General Bonaretti di Vittoria, was pardoned, if slightly demoted.
He had some more problems to deal with - for a career army officer suddenly became the Marquess of Soleminis, owner of many lands and a head of dynasty with a clear political reputation. Now he has to choose between the army and politics, between the love of his life and the heritage of his father - and it often worries the man.
Not married, Alonzo has been known to have many affairs within the high society. He is an avid hunter and enjoys a game of cards, but is mainly a man of duty and honor, as he understands it, in his no-nonsense old school man. He is ProUnification pragmatic conservative, a supporter of colonization - and a man who absolutely hates revolutions in any form.