Paolo Thaon di Revel
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Paolo Thaon di Revel, Duca del Mare (1859-1948) was an admiral of the Royal Italian Navy (Regia Marina) during World War I. He twice served as Naval Chief of Staff during the war and was reluctant to risk the Italian battlefleet in anything other than a major surface action. After the war he was promoted to Grand Admiral and he was given title of 1st Duke of the Sea.