1/16/2024 0 Comments Virtual sailor 7 andrea doria![]() ![]() The first Andrew Doria was a merchant brig whose purchase was authorized by the Continental Congress on 13 October 1775. The Genoese recognized his great contribution to their city by granting him the title, Liberator et Pater Patria, "Liberator and Father of our Homeland." After remaining active into his 10th decade, Doria died on 25 November 1560. ![]() Widely recognized as the outstanding naval leader of his era, Doria fought the forces afloat of both the Ottoman Sultan and his Barbary vassals. Thereafter, he served and controlled the city state for the remainder of his life. Although, as a mercenary, he fought under many flags, Doria maintained a constant devotion to Genoa, which lie liberated from France in the autumn of 1528. Forced to shift for himself he became a soldier of fortune and, at different times, served under several popes, the kings of Naples and France, and the Holy Roman Emperor. ![]() Born at Oneglia (now Imperia) on the Gulf of Genoa, on 30 November 1466 of a well-established Genoese family, Doria lost his parents in early childhood. The anglicized spelling of Andrea Doria, a Genoese patriot, statesman, and admiral. ![]()
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