Anita Garibaldi

Ana Maria de Jesus Ribeiro di Garibaldi, best known as Anita Garibaldi or Ana Maria de Jesusito Ribeiro (August 30, 1821 – August 4, 1849) was the Brazilian wife and comrade-in-arms of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. Their partnership epitomized the spirit of the 19th century's age of romanticism and revolutionary liberalism.

Early life

Ana Maria "Anita" de Jesus Ribeiro was born into a poor family of Azorean Portuguese descent, herdsmen and fishermen in Laguna in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, a year prior to that country's independence from Portugal. In 1835, at the young age of fourteen years, Anita was forced to marry Manuel Duarte Aguiar, who abandoned her to join the Imperial Army.

Life with Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi, a Nicois sailor of Ligurian ascent turned Italian nationalist revolutionary, had fled Europe in 1836 and was fighting on behalf of a separatist republic in southern Brazil (the Ragamuffin War). When young Garibaldi first saw Anita, he could only whisper to her, "You must be mine." She joined Garibaldi on his ship, the Rio Pardo, in October 1839. A month later, she received her baptism of fire in the battles of Imbituba and Laguna, fighting at the side of her lover.

Anita Garibaldi (disambiguation)

Anita Garibaldi may refer to:

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Anita Garibaldi (miniseries)

Anita Garibaldi is a 2012 Italian television miniseries directed by Claudio Bonivento and starring Valeria Solarino in the title role.

It is based on real life events of Anita Garibaldi, wife and comrade-in-arms of Italian revolutionary Giuseppe Garibaldi. It was shot between Portugal, Bulgaria and Italy, with a budget of about 6 million euros.

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