The Conspiracy of Gianluigi Fieschi, or, Genoa in the sixteenth century.
CHAPTER IV.
GIANLUIGI FIESCHI.
Maria della Rovere and her children--The natural gifts of Gianluigi--Andrea Doria prevents his marriage with the daughter of Prince Centurione--Gianluigi’s first quarrels with Gianettino Doria--Naval battle of Giralatte and capture of the corsair Torghud Rais--Count Fieschi espouses Eleonora of the Princes of Cybo--The hill of Carignano in the early part of the sixteenth century--Sumptuousness of the Fieschi palace--Gianluigi, Pansa and other distinguished men--Female writers--Eleonora Fieschi and her rhymes.