biography
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Carmagnola
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originally Francesco Bussone
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pronunciation:
[kah(r)manyohla]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1380–1432)
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| biography:
| Condottiere, born in Carmagnola, Piedmont, NW Italy. He served Filippo Maria Visconti and conquered a vast number of territories for the duchy of Milan, among them Brescia and Genoa, which he ruled in 1422–4. He switched to Venice in 1425 and defeated the Visconti forces at Brescia (1426) and Maclodio (1427). Following a number of defeats, he was accused of complicity with Visconti and was executed. Manzoni made him the protagonist of his tragedy Il conte di Carmagnola (The Count of Carmagnola) where he is seen as unjustly accused. |
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