Pietro Lando

Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545
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Reign1538–1545PredecessorAndrea GrittiSuccessorFrancesco Donà
Born1462
Venice, Republic of VeniceDied9 November 1545(1545-11-09) (aged 82–83)
VeniceSpousesMaria Pasqualigo

Pietro Lando was the Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545.

Coat of arms of Pietro Lando

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

  1. ^ Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges. London : T. W. Laurie
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Francesco Donato
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