See also:

• FIESCO (DE' FIESCIII), GIOVANNI LUIGI (c. 1523–1547)

FIESCO (DE' FIESCIII), GIOVANNI See also:

• LUIGI

LUIGI (c. 1523–1547)  , See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• LAVAGNA

Lavagna, was descended from one of the greatest families of See also:

• LIGURIA

Liguria, first mentioned in the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . Among his ancestors were two popes (See also:

• INNOCENT (INNOCENTIUS)
• INNOCENT (POPES)

Innocent IV. and See also:

• ADRIAN
• ADRIAN, SAINT

Adrian V.), many cardinals, a See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, three See also:

• SAINTS, BATTLE OF THE

saints, and many generals and admirals of See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa and other states . Sinibaldo See also:

• FIESCO (DE' FIESCIII), GIOVANNI LUIGI (c. 1523–1547)

Fiesco, his See also:

• FATHER

father, had been a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close friend of See also:

• ANDREA, GIOVANNI (1275-1348)

Andrea See also:

• DORIA, ANDREA (1466-156o)

Doria (q.v.), and had rendered many important services to the Genoese See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic . On his See also:

• DEATH

death in 1532 Giovanni found himself at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of nine the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• FAMILY

family and possessor of immense estates . He See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up to be a handsome, intelligent youth, of attractive See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and very ambitious . He married Eleonora Cibd; marchioness of See also:

• MASSA

Massa, in 1540, a woman of See also:

• GREAT

great beauty and family See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence . There were many reasons which inspired his hatred of the Doria family; the almost See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power wielded by the aged See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral and the insolence of his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew and See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir Giannettino Doria, the See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of the galleys, were galling to him as to many other Genoese, and it is said that Giannettino was the See also:

• LOVER, SAMUEL (1797-1868)

lover of Fiesco's wife . Moreover, the Fiesco belonged to the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French or popular party, while the Doria were aristocrats and Imperialists . When Fiesco determined to conspire against Doria he found See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends in many quarters . See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul III. was the first to encourage him, while both See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

Pier See also:

• LUIGI

Luigi See also:

• FARNESE
• FARNESE, ALEXANDER (1545-1592)
• FARNESE, ELIZABETH (1692-1766)

Farnese, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• PARMA

Parma, and See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis I. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France gave him much assistance and promised him many advantages . Among his associates in Genoa were his See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers See also:

• GIROLAMO (1450-1486)

Girolamo and Ottobuono, Verrina and R . Sacco .

A number of armed men from the Fiesco fiefs were secretly brought to Genoa, and it was agreed that on the end of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1547, during the See also:

• INTERREGNUM (Lat. inter, between, and regnum, reign)

interregnum before the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of the new See also:

• DOGE

doge, the galleys in the See also:

• PORT

port should be seized and the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates held . The first See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme was easily carried out, and Giannettino Doria, aroused by the tumult, rushed down to the port and was killed, but Andrea escaped from the city in See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . The conspirators attempted to gain See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, but unfortunately for them Giovanni Luigi, while See also:

• CROSSING

crossing a See also:

• PLANK

plank from the See also:

• QUAY
• QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY (1833-1904)

quay to one of the galleys, See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the See also:

• WATER

water and was drowned . The See also:

• NEWS

news spread consternation among the Fiesco See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction, and Girolamo Fiesco found few adherents . They came to terms with the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate and were granted a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• AMNESTY (from the Gr. &µvrly-ria, oblivion)

amnesty . Doria returned to Genoa on the 4th thirsting for revenge, and in spite of the amnesty he confiscated the Fiesco estates; Girolamo had shut himself up, with Verrina and Sacco and other conspirators, in his See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Montobbia, which the Genoese at Doria's instigation besieged and captured . Girolamo Fiesco and Verrina were tried, tortured and executed; all their estates were seized, some of which, including Torriglia, Doria obtained for himself . Ottobuono Fiesco, who had escaped, was captured eight years after-wards and put to death by Doria's orders . There are many accounts of the See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy, of which perhaps the best is contained in E . See also:

• PETIT, SIR DINSHAW MANECKJI, BART

Petit's See also:

• ANDRE, JOHN (1751-178o)

Andre Doria (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1887), chs. xi. and xii., where all the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief authorities are quoted; see also Calligari, La Congiura del Fiesco (See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice 1892), and Gavazzo, Nuovi documenti See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

sulla congiura del See also:

• CONTE

conte Fiesco (Genoa, 1886) ; E . Bernabo-Brea, in his Sulla congiura di Giovanni Luigi See also:

• FIESCHI, GIUSEPPE MARCO (1790-1836)

Fieschi, publishes many important documents, while L . Capelloni's Congiura del Fiesco, edited by Olivieri, and A..Mascardi's Congiura del conte Giovanni Luigi de' Fieschi (See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp, 1629) may be commended among the earlier See also:

• WORKS

works .

The Fiesco conspiracy has been the subject of many poems and dramas, of which the most famous is that by See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller . See also under DORIA, ANDREA; FARNESE . (L .