Alessandro Della Rovere

Alessandro Filippo Della Rovere (Casale Monferrato, 26 October 1815 – Turin, 17 November 1864) was a politician, general and senator of the Kingdom of Italy.

Biography
A career officer, he took part in the First Italian War of Independence, the Crimean War and the Second Italian War of Independence. Appointed Lieutenant General of the Royal Sardinian Army in 1859, he was General Intendant of the Sardinian Army in 1860, and with the rank of Major General in the Royal Army. In April 1861 he was appointed Lieutenant General of the King in the Sicilian provinces, until September of the same year, when he was appointed Minister of War.

As such he was one of the first Ministers of the newly formed Kingdom of Italy, holding the Ministry of War in three governments: Ricasoli I, Farini and Minghetti I (1861-1864). He died two months after leaving the ministry.

In November 1861 he was appointed to the Senate king Victor Emmanuel II.