The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.Celesia, Emanuele
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The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.
Celesia, Emanuele
Fiéschi, Gian Luigi, conte di Lavagna, 1522-1547; Genoa (Italy) -- History
----, Prince Giulio, 144, 148, 150, 188;
his conspiracy and misfortunes, 263 et seq.
----, Maddalena, received the profit of the sale of indulgences, 23
----, Ricciarda, 74, 264, 265, 266
Dandolo, Francesco, Doge of Venice, 14
Della Casabianca, Giocante, suspects the plot of Fieschi, 153, 318
---- Rovere, Bartolomea, 19
---- Rovere, Francesco Maria, 41, 59
---- Rovere, Maria, mother of Count Fieschi, 20;
masculine vigour of her character, 64, 65;
her last days, 278
---- Torre, Giovanni Battista, his passion for a sister of Fieschi,
121;
attempts violence to gain his end, 122;
killed by the Fieschi, 124
Di Negro, Arcangela, her character and literary accomplishments, 15,
83, 194
Doria, Andrea, 19;
account of his family and services, 38 et seq.;
his desertion of the French standard, 47;
his relations with the Barbary pirates, 50;
his vengeance against the Fieschi, 188;
quenches revolt in Naples, 261;
his death, and estimate of his character, 41, 228, 317
----, Antonio, 59, 197, 226, 230, 261, 277
----, Ceva, 167, 196, 198
----, Domenico, 41, 69, 166, 188, 197, 209, 220, 248
----, Filippino, 43, 44, 59, 169
---- Francesco, 59, 209
---- Cardinal Gerolamo, 65, 166, 178
---- Gianettino, adopted son of Andrea, his early life, 58;
ostentation and insolence, 69;
naval successes, 70-1;
captures the Pope’s vessels in Genoa, 111;
his death, 163
---- Giorgio, 59, 71
---- Giovanni Andrea, 191, 272, 319, 325
---- Lamba, 208
---- Nicolò, 328, 333
---- Pagonio, 277
---- Princess Peretta, 148, 169, 250, 266
---- Tommaso, 128, 222
Dragut (Torghud Rais), Barbary pirate, conquered and taken by
Gianettino Doria, 71;
flogged after capture, 73;
released by Andrea Doria, 73, 287;
Genoese bankers lend him the ransom money, 73;
pillages Rapallo, 281
Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, his narrow escape from the pirate
Occhiali, 282, 295, 309, 327
Embriaco, Guglielmo, hero of the first crusade, 129
Erasmus, reformer, 260
Farnese, Alessandro, 107, 111
---- Cardinal, 157, 217, 271
---- Clara, mistress of Pope Alexander VI., 107
---- Orazio, 102, 103, 214, 237
---- Ottavio, 109, 212, 231, 239, 267
---- Pierluigi, Duke of Piacenza, 93, 209, 230;
enters into the Fieschi conspiracy, 101;
his disputes with feudatories, 131;
conspiracy instigated against him by Doria, 233;
murdered by Giovanni Anguissola, 237, 263, 275, 337
Ferrara, Cardinal of, 225, 283
Ferrero, Besso, 97, 297
Fieschi, Adriano, Cardinal, 9
---- Angela Caterina, 65, 221
---- Antonio, 96
---- Bardoni, 201
---- Bartolomeo, 77, 78
---- Beatrice, 17, 97
---- Camilla, 65, 278
---- Carlo, 12, 17, 126
---- Claudia, 65;
insulted by Della Torre, 122
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