Sampiero Corso
Sampièro di Bastelìca, Lord of Ornano , also Sampiero d'Ornano or Sampiero Corso , (* 1497 in Bastelica , † January 17, 1567 at Eccica-Suarella ) was a Corsican nobleman, freedom fighter and folk hero.
As a young mercenary, Sampiero was in the service of the last great Florentine condottiere Giovanni de 'Medici. In 1553 he led the Corsican uprising against Genoa with French and Ottoman help , initiated another uprising in 1564 and killed his wife Vanina d'Ornano while she was negotiating with the Genoese.
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Sampiero died on January 17, 1567 in the blood revenge of his brother-in-law Michel Angelo d'Ornano. His fate has been treated several times in novelistic and dramatic forms (including by Friedrich Halm in 1844 ); William Shakespeare inspired the drama Othello . His descendants entered French service and achieved high dignity: his son Alphonse d'Ornano (1548–1610) and two other descendants, Jean-Baptiste d'Ornano (1581–1626) and Philippe-Antoine d'Ornano (1784–1863 ) became Marshals of France .
His statue in a fighting pose is in his birthplace, Bastelica, in Corsica.
literature
- Sampiero by Bastelico . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 14, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 263.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sampiero Corso |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sampièro di Bastelìca, Lord of Ornano; Sampiero d'Ornano |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Corsican nobleman, freedom fighter and folk hero |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1497 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bastelica |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1567 |
| Place of death | at Eccica-Suarella |