Pietro Lando
Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545
- Doge of Venice
Venice, Republic of Venice
Venice
Pietro Lando was the Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545.
He had a distinguished career as Captain General of the Sea, but was forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty with Suleiman I in 1540, ceding Venice's last possessions in the Peloponnese to the Ottoman Empire. He was married to Maria Pasqualigo.[1]
References
- ^ Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges. London : T. W. Laurie
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Preceded by Andrea Gritti | Doge of Venice 1538–1545 | Succeeded by Francesco Donato |
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