Chapter 6 No.6

1450. The peace of Italy threatened by new combinations 102

" Federigo quits the service of Milan for that of Naples 103

" The King employs him without exacting sureties 103

1451. The Emperor Frederick III. comes to Italy, and is crowned at Rome 103

1452. The Neapolitan campaign in Tuscany under Federigo and the Duke of Calabria 103

1452-1453. Federigo goes to Naples, and returns in the spring 104

1453. Attacked by malaria fever 104

" July 26. His letter to the Priors of Siena 104

" Uninteresting conclusion of the war 105

" May 29. Fall of the Greek empire, and taking of Constantinople 106

1454. Efforts of Nicholas V. for a general league against the Turks 107

" April 9. The peace of Lodi 107

1455. Mar. 24. The death and character of Nicholas V. 107

1454. Federigo's friendly visit to the King of Naples 108

1455. Jan. 26. The King ratifies the league with an unfortunate reservation 109

1457. Federigo takes measures for humbling Sigismondo 109

" April. Visits Florence, Bologna, Milan, and Mantua 109

" His fruitless interview with Sigismondo at Modena 110

" June. He goes to Naples for assistance; many intrigues there 110

" Death of his Countess Gentile 111

" Nov. 7. Asks a mortar-founder from Siena 111

" He attacks Sigismondo 112

1458. May 2. His despatch to the Priors of Siena 112

" July 1. Death of Alfonso of Naples 113

" Aug. 6. Death of Calixtus III. 113

" Ambitious intrigues of Giacomo Piccinino, who seizes on part of the ecclesiastical territory 114

" Federigo continued as Captain-general by Ferdinand of Naples 115

" New disputes for the crown of Naples 115

1459. May 27. Pius II. summons a European congress at Mantua 116

" His mediation between Malatesta and the Count of Urbino 116

" June 21. His letter to Federigo 117

" His award in favour of Federigo 119