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'''Giulio Cybo''' or '''Cibo''' (died [[May 18]] [[1548]]) was an Italian noble from [[Genoa]].
'''Giulio I Cybo-Malaspina''' (1525 – 18 May 1548) (or '''Cibo''') was an Italian noble from [[Genoa]] who was [[marquisate of Massa|marquis of Massa]] and [[signoria di Carrara|lord of Carrara]] from 1546 until 1548.


== Early life ==
He was the son of Riccarda [[Malaspina]], duchess of [[Massa and Carrara]] and [[Lorenzo Cibo di Ferentillo]] who changed his name in [[Cibo-Malaspina]], and a nephew of [[Pope Innocent VIII]].
Born in Rome, he was the son of [[Ricciarda Malaspina]], [[Duchy of Massa and Carrara|duchess of Massa and Carrara]] and [[Lorenzo Cybo]], duke of [[Ferentillo]] who changed his name to [[Cybo-Malaspina]], and a great-grandson of [[Pope Innocent VIII]]. His mother was the heir of the state of [[Massa, Tuscany|Massa]] and [[Carrara]], which she had inherited from her father.


In 1546, he challenged his mother for control of the duchy of Massa and Carrara. With the backing of [[Cosimo I de' Medici]] and [[Andrea Doria]], he seized control by force in 1546.<ref name="Shaw2014">{{cite book|author=Christine Shaw|title=Barons and Castellans: The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UgsSBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA79|date=16 October 2014|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-28276-6|pages=79–}}</ref> Soon after, his mother appealed to [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]], and Charles sent his forces to seize Massa while Giulio was away.
Around 1547 he acquired the duchy of Massa and Carrara by his mother by a payment of 40,000 golden [[ducat (coin)|ducat]]s. When he found unable to pay the whole sum, he asked for help to his relative [[Andrea Doria]], admiral and effective ruler of Genoa. Giulio had in march 1546 married [[Peretta Doria]] (1526-1591), daughter of Tommaso and sister of [[Giannettino Doria]]). When Doria refused, Cybo entered a conspiracy to oust the Admiral from the rule in [[Genoa]], and replace him with a French protectorate.


== Personal life ==
Cybo was to help [[Ottobuono Fieschi (sixteenth century)|Ottobuono Fieschi]] and other Genoese exiled in [[Venice]] to enter the city and kill Doria, the Spanish ambassador and other members of the Doria party. With the help of the pope and [[Piero Strozzi]], the revolt should spread to the whole Italy, with the objective to expel the Spaniards from the country.
In March 1546, Giulio married Peretta Doria (1526–1591), daughter of Tommaso and sister of [[Giannettino Doria]]. Giulio had been promised a large dowry, which he wanted to fund a return to power, but Andrea Doria refused, arguing that he'd already spent more than the dowry on Giulio's first attempt to seize the Duchy.<ref name="Bent1881">{{cite book|author=James Theodore Bent|title=Genoa: how the Republic Rose and Fell|url=https://archive.org/details/genoahowrepubli00bentgoog|year=1881|publisher=C. K. Paul & Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/genoahowrepubli00bentgoog/page/n321 291]–}}</ref> At that time [[Andrea Doria]] was a Genoese admiral in the service of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor and King of Spain Charles V]] (with whom the petty Massese state had allied so far).{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}


== Revolt ==
The plot was however discovered before its beginning and Cybo was arrested in [[Pontremoli]]. Despite the intervention of [[Cosimo I de' Medici]] in his favour, he was executed in the May of 1548.
After Doria refused to fund him, Giulio set a plot against him together with Ottobuono Fieschi, Ottobuono Fieschi and other Genoese refugees, also backed by the [[Strozzi family]] of [[republic of Florence|Florence]] and [[Pope Paul III]]. The aim was to enter the city and kill Doria, the Spanish ambassador and other members of the Doria party. With the help of the pope and [[Piero Strozzi]], the revolt should spread to the whole Italy, with the objective to expel the Spaniards from the country.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

The plot was discovered before its beginning and Cybo was arrested in [[Pontremoli]]. Despite an attempt to save him from his cousin [[Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|Cosimo I of Tuscany]], he was beheaded in [[Milan]] in May 1548. His body was buried in the [[Cathedral of Massa]]. At his mother's death in 1553, the states of Massa and Carrara were ultimately inherited by his brother Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina, Prince of Massa.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}


==See also==
==See also==
*[[History of Genoa]]
*[[History of Genoa]]
*[[Italian Wars]]
*[[Italian Wars]]

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Latest revision as of 09:11, 12 September 2023

Giulio I Cybo-Malaspina (1525 – 18 May 1548) (or Cibo) was an Italian noble from Genoa who was marquis of Massa and lord of Carrara from 1546 until 1548.

Early life[edit]

Born in Rome, he was the son of Ricciarda Malaspina, duchess of Massa and Carrara and Lorenzo Cybo, duke of Ferentillo who changed his name to Cybo-Malaspina, and a great-grandson of Pope Innocent VIII. His mother was the heir of the state of Massa and Carrara, which she had inherited from her father.

In 1546, he challenged his mother for control of the duchy of Massa and Carrara. With the backing of Cosimo I de' Medici and Andrea Doria, he seized control by force in 1546.[1] Soon after, his mother appealed to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Charles sent his forces to seize Massa while Giulio was away.

Personal life[edit]

In March 1546, Giulio married Peretta Doria (1526–1591), daughter of Tommaso and sister of Giannettino Doria. Giulio had been promised a large dowry, which he wanted to fund a return to power, but Andrea Doria refused, arguing that he'd already spent more than the dowry on Giulio's first attempt to seize the Duchy.[2] At that time Andrea Doria was a Genoese admiral in the service of Emperor and King of Spain Charles V (with whom the petty Massese state had allied so far).[citation needed]

Revolt[edit]

After Doria refused to fund him, Giulio set a plot against him together with Ottobuono Fieschi, Ottobuono Fieschi and other Genoese refugees, also backed by the Strozzi family of Florence and Pope Paul III. The aim was to enter the city and kill Doria, the Spanish ambassador and other members of the Doria party. With the help of the pope and Piero Strozzi, the revolt should spread to the whole Italy, with the objective to expel the Spaniards from the country.[citation needed]

The plot was discovered before its beginning and Cybo was arrested in Pontremoli. Despite an attempt to save him from his cousin Cosimo I of Tuscany, he was beheaded in Milan in May 1548. His body was buried in the Cathedral of Massa. At his mother's death in 1553, the states of Massa and Carrara were ultimately inherited by his brother Alberico I Cybo-Malaspina, Prince of Massa.[citation needed]

See also[edit]

Preceded by Marquis of Massa
Lord of Carrara

1546–1548
Succeeded by
Ricciarda

References[edit]

  1. ^ Christine Shaw (16 October 2014). Barons and Castellans: The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy. BRILL. pp. 79–. ISBN 978-90-04-28276-6.
  2. ^ James Theodore Bent (1881). Genoa: how the Republic Rose and Fell. C. K. Paul & Company. pp. 291–.