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Domenico Angelo

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219:), published in England in 1763, which included colorful didactic sketches by London's most accomplished illustrators, with 25 engraved plates demonstrating the various classic positions and techniques from the old schools of fencing. It was published in French and then also in English, and some historians have suggested that the Chevalier d'Éon, who had joined Angelo in London, may have assisted with the French text. This placed its "emphasis on fencing as a source of gentlemanly exercise rather than as a necessary preparation for duel". This folio very successful in its time and a collector's item today. 22: 68:. His father Giacomo was already a resident of Leghorn on 3 December 1713, as evidenced by his marriage certificate in the cathedral of Leghorn, a document cited in an English volume on the ancestors of his son Angelo, who was born three years after his father's marriage, in 1716 and was trained in the discipline of fencing from an early age. 44:
who became the celebrated swordsman of mid-eighteenth English society. He earned fame not only with his brilliant skills as a swordsman but also because of his famous fencing school in Soho Square, London. He was also the founder of the Angelo Family of fencers. He has been praised as "the first to
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After serving as the fencing teacher at the prestigious Eton college for several years, Angelo died in the city of Eton at his daughter Florella's house at Twickenham on 11 July 1802, at the venerable age of 85. His son Henry replaced him in the direction of the family fencing school in 1780.
181:. His school was also famous for accepting female students, some of whom were actresses from London theatres who first accompanied their male colleagues and then decided to take lessons. In 1760, Angelo handed over his school to a son, and established himself at the prestigious 157:. Thanks to his skill of Master Angelo, as he was named in England, his school immediately became famous and was attended over the years by the most illustrious personalities of the British capital of the time, such as the painters 442: 134:, and three years later, in 1758, Angelo became a fencing master of the British royal family after he gained the patronage of the dowager Princess of Wales, who appointed him as riding and fencing master to 629: 75:
and he immediately showed an excellent propensity. At the time, this discipline was not only sporting, but was also considered an important defense weapon. In the town of Leghorn and a bit throughout
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he had perhaps faced too many duels which ended tragically for his adversaries and therefore he deemed it appropriate to move abroad to escape the revenge of the relatives of his victims.
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In London, he quickly established his reputation as an excellent swordsman, expert fencer, and undisputed winner of many duels, and therefore, he eventually gained the patronage of
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Angelo moved to Paris at the age of 27, with an eye to taking over the family business, but instead gained fencing skills when he attended the famous fencing school of
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emphasize fencing as a means of developing health, poise, and grace. As a result of his insight and influence, fencing changed from an art of war to a sport."
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Angelo's teaching methods, while not original, were methodical and solid, employing a combination of moves that were useful for both practice and dueling.
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was born in Leghorn in 1716 as son of Giacomo Tremamondo, a wealthy local merchant who carried out his business in via del Giardino, and of a Neapolitan
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at the Royal Association of Masters of Yielding Weapons of the City and Suburbs of Paris under the guidance of Teillagory, who also trained
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of fencing masters who "dominated Europe's fencing scene for well over 100 years", according to fencing master
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By then he already had established a fencing school, Angelo's School of Arms in
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Angelo received his initial training in the Italian method of fencing in
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Catherine Elizabeth, born 1766, married to Mark Drury, Second Master at
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By his wife Elizabeth Johnson, Angelo had at least six children:
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Fencers of Fame and Fiction, Margaret Odrowaz-Sypniewski, B.F.A.
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In 1750, he began an affair with a well-known English actress
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The Parish of St. Anne, Soho (north of Shaftesbury Avenue)
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1763 fencing print from Angelo Domenico's instruction book
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The play "Tremamondo - The Angel of Fencing", written by
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There was perhaps also a son called Michael Angelo.
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Livorno
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
fencing master
marquess
Foggia
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Pisa
Tuscany
Bertrand Teillagorry
foil
Chevalier d'Éon
Peg Woffington
London
Dublin

Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke
George, Prince of Wales
Edward, duke of York
Carlisle House
Soho
London
Joshua Reynolds
Thomas Gainsborough
George Stubbs
David Garrick
Giacomo Casanova
William IV
Eton College
Soho Square

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