[1][2] In 1617 he bought for 11,700 ducats the fief of Caiazzo of the Kingdom of Naples, being elevated and decorated by the King Philip III of Spain, who granted the title of Marquis to the Family.

[2] The purchase of the title erected Bardo as the first marquis of the Corsi dynasty at the time, having his confirmation, decoration and coronation personally made and declared by King Philip III of Spain, an indispensable requirement that concluded the concession process nobility in the same year, with the delivery of the writing duly signed by the king.

[4] Bardo was appointed to be an ambassador for Pope Urban VIII and also for the Kings of England in 1623, but canceled the designations for having been ill at the time, dying the later year in march of 1624.

Bardo ordered the ship directly from Giulio Parigi, the official architect of the celebrations, and from Pompeo Caccini, the designs of costumes and equipment for the crew of his boat.

According to the description given by Francesco Cini, the Bardo's ship was that of the Anfião, the mythical husband of Niobe who managed, with the magic of the sound of his lyre, to move the stones necessary to build the walls of Thebes.