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72 HISTORY OF THE POPES.<br />

Angelo, as <strong>the</strong> fully authorized representative <strong>of</strong> his bro<strong>the</strong>r,<br />

signed <strong>the</strong> treaty <strong>of</strong> peace with <strong>the</strong> Duke Francesco Sforza and<br />

<strong>the</strong> eight Cantons, on February 13th, 1532 ; Gian Giacomo had<br />

to relinquish all his possessions in exchange for a money indem-<br />

nity and <strong>the</strong> title <strong>of</strong> Marquis <strong>of</strong> Marignano.^ <strong>The</strong> fortress <strong>of</strong><br />

Musso was demolished, and its former master was forced at last<br />

to give up his ambitious schemes <strong>of</strong> one day acquiring an inde-<br />

pendent principality. He <strong>the</strong>n went, with his bro<strong>the</strong>rs Gian<br />

Battista and Agosto to Savoy. Gian Angelo returned to Rome,<br />

where he was soon able to form new ties in addition to <strong>the</strong> in-<br />

fluential connections which he had already made. It is not,<br />

<strong>the</strong>refore, surprising that he succeeded in obtaining a Papal<br />

brief in July, 1532, which recommended his elder bro<strong>the</strong>r to <strong>the</strong><br />

Duke <strong>of</strong> Savoy. In this document Clement VII. alluded to a<br />

family connection with <strong>the</strong> Medici <strong>of</strong> Milan, probably to win <strong>the</strong><br />

support <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> experienced soldier, Gian Giacomo, by <strong>the</strong> flattering<br />

fiction.^ In <strong>the</strong> year 1534 Gian Giacomo served <strong>the</strong> Duke<br />

<strong>of</strong> Savoy against Berne and Geneva,^ and two years later he<br />

appears in <strong>the</strong> pay <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Emperor, who was a bro<strong>the</strong>r-in-law<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Duke, at <strong>the</strong> siege <strong>of</strong> Turin, which <strong>the</strong> French were<br />

investing. After <strong>the</strong> failure <strong>of</strong> this undertaking, he fell under<br />

<strong>the</strong> suspicion <strong>of</strong> holding a traitorous intercourse with <strong>the</strong><br />

French, whereupon <strong>the</strong> Imperial Viceroy in Milan, Guasto,<br />

caused him and his bro<strong>the</strong>r Gian Battista to be arrested at<br />

<strong>the</strong> end <strong>of</strong> 1536. <strong>The</strong> proceedings for high treason which were<br />

taken against him, however, had no result.'*<br />

1 See Eidgenossische Abschiede, IV., ib, 1578-83; Weiss,<br />

loc. cit., 98 seq.<br />

2 In <strong>the</strong> *brief, dated Rome, July 27, 1532, to which Susta<br />

(Pius IV., 22, 157) first drew attention, we read : " Intelleximus<br />

dil. fil. loannem lacobum Medicem de Mus marchionem Marignani<br />

se istuc in quaedam nobilitatis tuas loca contuUsse." He<br />

rejoices at <strong>the</strong> kind reception accorded to him : " cum eum<br />

nostrae familiae addictissimum esse scires, quae quidem necessitudinis<br />

causa ad marchionem ipsum tibi commendandum potissimum<br />

nos moveret," which however was not at all necessary. (Arch.<br />

S. Angelo, Arm. 11, caps. I., 239, Papal Secret Archives).<br />

3 Cf. Weiss, loc. cit., 145.<br />

" Cf. MissACLiA, 112 scq. ; Susta, Pius IV., 24 seq.

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