Lluís de Requesens
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In 1311 a Catalan-Aragonese
fleet, under the command of Lluís de Requesens, won a considerable victory at Pantelleria
, and his family became princes of Pantelleria until 1553, when the island was taken by the Turks
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Crown of Aragon
The Crown of Aragon Corona d'Aragón Corona d'Aragó Corona Aragonum controlling a large portion of the present-day eastern Spain and southeastern France, as well as some of the major islands and mainland possessions stretching across the Mediterranean as far as Greece...
fleet, under the command of Lluís de Requesens, won a considerable victory at Pantelleria
Pantelleria
Pantelleria , the ancient Cossyra, is an Italian island in the Strait of Sicily in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Sicily and just east of the Tunisian coast. Administratively Pantelleria is a comune belonging to the Sicilian province of Trapani...
, and his family became princes of Pantelleria until 1553, when the island was taken by the Turks
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
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