Andrea Doria
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Ships, Naval History
- Curriculum: Italian History, Renaissance History
Article abstract: Military significance: As mercenary admiral and leader of Genoa, Doria was the foremost Christian naval commander in the Mediterranean and became leader of the Genoese state.
Born to a cadet house of a very distinguished military family in Genoa, Andrea Doria was sent to Rome to serve in the forces of Pope Innocent VIII after 1484. Beginning in 1492, he was successively a mercenary lieutenant for the duke of Urbino, the king of Naples, and the pope against Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba in the Italian Wars. Between 1503 and 1506, he aided his...
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