A modern legend holds this to have been partial inspiration for William Shakespeare's Othello.
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Corsu's expertise became most important as France tried to gain the advantage over Habsburg Spain by occupying the strategically located Corsica (also striking the Republic of Genoa, Spain's ally and overlord of the island).
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Sampieru Corsu or Sampiero Corso (born Sampiero de Bastelica; 1498 Bastelica — 17 January 1567) was a Corsican soldier, father of the Marshal of France Alphonse d'Ornano.
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Corsu was recalled in 1555, and a five-year armistice was signed the next year between France and Genoa, in Vaucelles.