Alessandro Cagliostro
Italian adventurer
Giuseppe Balsamo, known by the alias Count Alessandro di Cagliostro, was an Italian occultist.
Cagliostro was an Italian adventurer and self-styled magician. He became a glamorous figure associated with the royal courts of Europe where he pursued... Wikipedia
Born: June 2, 1743, Albergaria
Died: August 26, 1795 (age 52 years), Fortress of San Leo, Cà Merlucci, Italy
Books: The Life of Joseph Balsamo, Commonly Called Count Cagliostro ..., Memorial, Or Brief, for the Comte de Cagliostro, Defendant: Against the King's Attorney-General, Plaintiff: in the Cause of the Cardinal de Rohan, Comtesse de la Motte, and Others. From the French Original, ... By Parkyns Macmahon, Alessandro Di Cagliostro. Impostor Or Martyr? A Paper Read Before the New York Liberal Club ... by C. Sotheran. [Reprinted, with Additions, from the Report Published in "The Truth Seeker."]., and more
Parents: Felicita Balsamo and Pietro Balsamo
Spouse: Lorenza Seraphina Feliciani (m. 1768–1795)
Other names: Joseph Balsamo