Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nokugadzirwa kweCisalpine Republic pasi pokugara kwaNapoleon, Giovanni akatumidzwa mumwe wevatungamiriri vehurumende itsva. Asi kukakavadzana naGeneral Brune kwakatungamirira kukudzingwa kwake. Nokudzoka kwehurumende yeHapsburg, akaiswa mutorongo paFort of Cattaro. Mushure mokunge
Hondo yeMarengo, uye kukundwa kwevaAustria, akadzorerwa kuhurumende. Akabata nzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira mutungamiri weSeneti mumakore 1809, 1811, uye 1812. Akatsigira vavariro dzaNapoleon dzokuda kuva mambo weItaly, uye somubayiro akapiwa zita rokuremekedza, uye mibayiro yeIron Crown neLegion of Honor. Akaronga pasina kubudirira kuti Eugène de Beauharnais anzi mambo weRepublic yeNorth Italy. Nokudonha kwaNapoleon, mari yake huru yakanga iri kudzidzisa masvomhu.