CARMAGNOLA, FRANCESCO BUSSONE, COUNT OF (139o-1432), a condottiere, won back Gian Galeazzo Visconti's divided territories for Gian's son and heir Filippo Maria Vis conti, duke of Milan. In 1425, feeling that he had not been sufficiently rewarded by Visconti, Carmagnola sold his services to the Venetians. In the ensuing war with Milan, he was so dilatory in his actions that the republic became suspicious of his intentions; and indeed Carmagnola was in treaty with his former master. Summoned to Venice by the doge, he was seized, tried for treason, condemned to death and beheaded on May 5, 143 2.