chosen by Count Camillo Benso di Cavour and Napoleon III to organize popular anti-Austrian riots and give France an opportunity to intervene on the side of Piedmont in Italy, giving way to the Second Italian War of Independence. References Italian states Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Massa and Carrara Duchy of Massa and Carrara 1473 establishments in Europe 15th-century establishments in Italy 1829 disestablishments in Italy Malaspina family States and territories established in 1473 States and territories disestablished in 1829