Dorino I Gattilusio
Dorino Gattilusio (died 30 June 1455) was the fourth Lord of Lesbos from 1428 to 1455.
Life
He was the second son of Francesco II Gattilusio and Valentina Doria. He succeeded his older brother Jacopo Gattilusio in 1428. Prior to that he had been governor of Phocaea for several years, at least as early as 1423-4.[1] Soon after he assumed control of Lesbos, he informed Genoa that he wished to be part of their 1428 treaty with Alfonso V of Aragon. This led to his participation in the Genoese war with Venice over the next few years.[2]
During his tenure as lord of Lesbos, the castle of Kokkinos on Lemnos and the island of Thasos came under his control.[3] However, he was bed-ridden from 1449 onwards and his son Domenico handled the business of his realm in his name.[4]
Following the Fall of Constantinople, Ottoman hegemony in the Aegean grew, and when the Turkish admiral anchored off Lesbos in June 1455, on his way to Rhodes, his son Domenico thought it a wise diplomatic move to send his factor, the historian Doukas, to the dignitary with handsome gifts of "garments of silk and of woven wool six in number, 6,000 pieces of silver, 20 oxen, 50 sheep, more than 800 measures of wine, 2 bushels of biscuit and one of bread, more than 1000 lbs of cheese, and fruit without measure", as well as gifts to the members of the admira's staff.[5] Dorino died not long after this visit.
Family
Dorino married Orietta Doria. Orietta won fame in 1450 when she led the inhabitants of Molives on Lemnos to beat back a Turkish attack on Lesbos.[6] The couple had six known children:
- Francesco III Gattilusio, Lord of Thasos. Married a daughter of his paternal uncle Palamede of Ainos.
- Domenico Gattilusio. Reigned from 1455 to 1458.
- Niccolò Gattilusio. Reigned from 1458 to 1462.
- Ginevra Gattilusio. Married in 1444 Giacomo II Crispo of the Duchy of the Archipelago.[7]
- Caterina Gattilusio (d. 1442). Married Constantine XI, without (surviving?) issue.[8]
- Maria Gattilusio. Married Alexander of Trebizond. He was a son and co-emperor of Alexios IV of Trebizond.
References
- ↑ Miller (1913), p. 419
- ↑ Miller (1913), pp. 420f
- ↑ Miller (1913), pp. 422f
- ↑ Miller (1913), p. 427
- ↑ Miller (1913), p. 428
- ↑ Miller (1913), p. 426
- ↑ Miller (1913), p. 425
- ↑ The Fall of the Byzantine Empire: a Chronicle by George Sphrantzes, 1401-1477, translated by Marios Philippides (Amherst: University of Massachusetts, 1980), p. 53
Sources
- Miller, William (1913). "The Gattilusj of Lesbos (1355–1462)". Byzantinische Zeitschrift 22.
External links
- Cawley, Charles, LESBOS (GATTILUSIO), Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012
- "The Lesbian ancestors of Prince Rainier of Monaco, Dr. Otto von Habsburg, Brooke Shields and the Marquis de Sade" by William Addams Reitwiesner, an extensive article on the Gattilusio and their descedants
| Dorino I Gattilusio Gattilusio Born: ? Died: 1455 | ||
| Preceded by Jacopo Gattilusio |
Lord of Lesbos 1428–1455 |
Succeeded by Domenico Gattilusio |