Sampiero Corso “Holy Pierre of Corsica”, was born in 1498, in the commune of Bastelica. It is not noble, and very young person intends himself for the military career. He engages under the commands of Jean de Médicis and lasting meadows 30 year old will be useful under François Ier, then Henri II.
After its marriage, imprisoned by Génois, it develops a tough hatred with their opposition. It then decides to carry out its war against these invaders who reigned on the island. Thereafter it ties alliances with Charles Quint, the Turks, the French to arrive at its ends. In 1554 with the collar of Tenda, it beats Génois and in 1557 in Vescovato, Corsica is incorporated in the crown of France. But the treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis restored Corsica in Génois in 1559. Sampiero Corso then does not give up its idea and in 1564 it unloads in the gulf of Valinco with 25 mercenaries, Corsica rose to his sides and Génois wiped failures on failures. It carried to France the reputation of military qualities of the Corsicans, whose to the echo the writers of the time like Aubigné or Brantôme were done. By them, the French knew a long time Corsica through only Sampiero Corso. Its death in 1567 did not allow him to carry out its dream.
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Sampiero Corso “Holy Pierre of Corsica”, was born in 1498, in the commune of Bastelica. It is not noble, and very young person intends himself for the military career. He engages under the commands of Jean de Médicis and lasting meadows 30 year old will be useful under François Ier, then Henri II.
