 According to tradition, the Italian name of the dish derives from simplification and Italianization of the name of the general Alfred von Windisch-Graetz.A lady from Ancona prepared this dish in honor of the Austrian general Alfred von Windisch-Graetz who would fight and win the Napoleonic troops in the siege of Ancona in 1799.The general would have appreciated the dish so much that the population decided to name the dish in his honor.