Dorino of Lesbos
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Dorino Gattilusio
, Lord of Lesbos
(died 30 January/30 June 1455) was the fourth ruler of an independent Lesbos from 1428 to 1455.
He was the second son of Francis II, Lord of Lesbos and Valentina Doria
. He succeeded his older brother Jacopo of Lesbos
in 1428.
Dorino married Orietta Doria
. They had six known children:
Gattilusio
The Gattilusi were a powerful Genoese family who controlled a number of possessions in the northern Aegean from 1355 until the mid 15th century....
, Lord of Lesbos
Lesbos Island
Lesbos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of with 320 kilometres of coastline, making it the third largest Greek island. It is separated from Turkey by the narrow Mytilini Strait....
(died 30 January/30 June 1455) was the fourth ruler of an independent Lesbos from 1428 to 1455.
He was the second son of Francis II, Lord of Lesbos and Valentina Doria
Doria
Doria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...
. He succeeded his older brother Jacopo of Lesbos
Jacopo of Lesbos
Jacopo Gattilusio, Lord of Lesbos was the third ruler of an independent Lesbos from 1404 to 1428.He was the eldest son of Francesco II of Lesbos and Valentina Doria. He succeeded to his realm on 26 October 1404.-Marriage:...
in 1428.
Dorino married Orietta Doria
Doria
Doria, originally de Auria , meaning "the sons of Auria", and then de Oria or d'Oria, is the name of an old and extremely wealthy Genoese family who played a major role in the history of the Republic of Genoa and in Italy, from the 12th century to the 16th century.-Origins:According to legend, a...
. They had six known children:
- Francis III, Lord of ThasosFrancis III, Lord of ThasosFrancesco III Gattilusio was a Lord of Thasos. He was a son of Dorino I of Lesbos and wife Orietta Doria.He married his cousin ... Gattilusio, daughter of his uncle Palamede of Ainos and wife Valentina N, without issue.-References:*...
. Married a daughter of his paternal uncle Palamede of Ainos. - Domenico of LesbosDomenico of LesbosDomenico Gattilusio, Lord of Lesbos was the fifth ruler of an independent Lesbos from 1455 to 1458.He was a son of Dorino of Lesbos and Orietta Doria. He succeeded his father and reigned in the island for three years....
. Reigned from 1455 to 1458. - Niccolò of LesbosNiccolo of LesbosNiccolò Gattilusio was the last Prince of Lesbos .He was a younger son of Dorino of Lesbos and Orietta Doria....
. Reigned from 1458 to 1462. - Ginevra Gattilusio. Married in 1444 Giacomo II CrispoGiacomo II CrispoGiacomo II Crispo was the thirteenth Duke of the Archipelago, etc., from 1433 to 1447, son of twelfth Duke John II Crispo and wife Nobil Donna Francesca Morosini, Patrizia Veneta....
of the Duchy of the ArchipelagoDuchy of the ArchipelagoThe Duchy of the Archipelago or also Duchy of Naxos or Duchy of the Aegean was a maritime state created by Venetian interests in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea, in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, centered on the islands of Naxos and Paros.-Background and establishment of the...
. - Caterina GattilusioCaterina GattilusioCaterina Gattilusio was the second wife of Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor, while he was still Despot of the Morea....
(d. 1442). Married Constantine XIConstantine XIConstantine XI Palaiologos, latinized as Palaeologus , Kōnstantinos XI Dragasēs Palaiologos; February 8, 1404 – May 29, 1453) was the last reigning Byzantine Emperor from 1449 to his death as member of the Palaiologos dynasty...
, without (surviving?) issue. - Maria Gattilusio. Married Alexander of Trebizond. He was a son and co-emperor of Alexios IV of TrebizondAlexios IV of TrebizondAlexios IV Megas Komnenos or Alexius IV , , Emperor of Trebizond from March 5, 1417 to October 1429. He was the son of Emperor Manuel III and Gulkhan-Eudokia of Georgia.- Reign :...
.
External links
- Gattilusio family
- His listing along with his children in "Medieval lands" by Charles Cawley. The project "involves extracting and analysing detailed information from primary sources, including contemporary chronicles, cartularies, necrologies and testaments."
- "The Lesbian ancestors of Prince Rainier of Monaco, Dr. Otto von Habsburg, Brooke Shields and the Marquis de Sade" by William Addams Reitwiesner, an extensive article on the Gattilusio and their descedants