Belgiojos'o

Belgiojos'o, a town of Lombardy, North Italy, in a fruitful plain between the Po and the Olona, 9 miles E. of Pavia. Pop. 4000.—The Princess Cristina of Belgiojoso, an Italian authoress and patriot, was the daughter of the Marchese Trivulzio, and was born at Milan, 28th June 1808. In 1824 she married the Prince of Belgiojoso. She was an enthusiastic labourer in the cause of Italian liberty; raised and supported a body of troops in 1849; travelled in the East; and lived many years at Paris. She died at Milan, 5th June 1871. Amongst her works are Récits Tureo-Asiatiques (1856); Asie Mineure (1858); Histoire de la Maison de Savoie (1860).