Background
The son of three-time doge of Genoa Lodovico di Campofregoso, he moved from Genoa to the Marche to escape the feuds between his family and the Adorno.
The son of three-time doge of Genoa Lodovico di Campofregoso, he moved from Genoa to the Marche to escape the feuds between his family and the Adorno.
He was also lord of Sant"Agata Feltria. As a dowry, he received twelve fiefs, the most important of which was Sant"Agata Feltria. In 1478-1484 Agostino fought against the Florentines for Sarzana, a Genoese lordship which his father had ceded to Florence.
The struggle ended with the cession of the city to the Bank of Saint George.
In 1483, at Genoa as Captain of the Palace Guard, he helped archbishop Paolo Fregoso to become doge, against their relative Battista Fregoso. He subsequently resumed his career of soldier of venture, at Venice, Ravenna and finally for pope Innocent VIII, for whom he fought Ferdinand I of Naples.
He died at Mercato San Severino a few days later.
In 1486 he was ambushed and wounded at Altavilla Silentina while defending the castle of San Severino.