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Michele Antonio del Vasto (26 March 1495 – 18 October 1528) was the Marquess of Saluzzo from 1504 until his death.
Michele Antonio del Vasto | |
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| Marquess of Saluzzo | |
 Portrait by Jean Clouet, c. 1525 | |
| Born | 26 March 1495 Saluzzo |
| Died | 18 October 1528 (aged 33) Aversa |
| Buried | Santa Maria in Aracoeli, Rome |
| Noble family | House of Aleramici |
| Father | Ludovico II, Marquess of Saluzzo |
| Mother | Margaret of Foix-Candale |
Born in Saluzzo, the elder son of Ludovico II of Saluzzo and Margaret of Foix-Candale,[1] he was Count of Carmagnola until he succeeded to his father. He took part, initially alongside Ludovico, in the Italian Wars of Louis XII and Francis I of France. In particular, he distinguished himself at the Battle of Pavia (1525).[2]
Michele Antonio died from wounds sustained by a cannonball at the Battle of Aversa.[a][3] According to his last will, he was buried in the church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome,[3] while his heart was kept in Piedmont.
A ballad about the wounded marquess explaining his last will was popular among the Italian Alpini during World War I.
See also
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edit- ^ Tavuzzi 2007, p. 134.
- ^ Rapple 2009, p. 52-53.
- ^ a b c Gregorovius 1902, p. 641.
Sources
edit- Rapple, Rory (2009). Martial Power and Elizabethan Political Culture: Military Men in England and Ireland, 1558-1594. Cambridge University Press.
- Tavuzzi, Michael (2007). Renaissance Inquisitors: Dominican Inquisitors and Inquisitorial Districts in Northern Italy, 1474- 1527. Brill.
- Gregorovius, Ferdinand (1902). History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages. Vol. VIII. Translated by Hamilton, Annie. George Bell & Sons.