Prominent Genoese Admiral Andrea Doria is a brilliant example of how to make a career, defeat enemies and make a name for yourself in history. This talented naval commander and statesman lived in the period from the middle of the XV to the middle of the XVI centuries, but the memory of him is alive to this day, and his name is proudly worn by several ships around the world. Andrea Doria is a representative of a kindred, ancient Genoese family, he was born on November 30, 1466. Early orphaned, he
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Prominent Genoese
Admiral Andrea Doria is a brilliant example of how to make a career, defeat enemies and make a name for yourself in history. This talented naval commander and statesman lived in the period from the middle of the XV to the middle of the XVI centuries, but the memory of him is alive to this day, and his name is proudly worn by several ships around the world.
Andrea Doria is a representative of a kindred, ancient Genoese family, he was born on November 30, 1466. Early orphaned, he entered military service, but carried it not among ordinary soldiers, but in the retinues of the Pope, kings and princes. Having grown up and gained experience, including in the battles of the Genoese army in Corsica in 1503-1506, Doria began to defend the independence of the Genoese, then under French rule. During this period, his fame as a major naval commander began to grow, and the fight against pirates and Turks only increased his popularity.
Beginning to fight the French, in 1522 Doria went over to the side of Francis I, who fought with the Holy Roman Empire, which captured Genoa during this period. Since the king of France did not fully fulfill his promises and did not rush to give Genoa Savona, as agreed, the daring naval commander went over to the side of his enemy, Emperor Charles V. In 1528, with the support of the imperial troops, Doria expelled the French from Genoa and restored the Republic of Genesis, in which he became almost the first figure, the actual ruler of the country.
In the rank of admiral, he fought for Charles V for more than a decade, gaining a number of victories, but not without defeats, and in recent years, since 1544, when Francis I and Charles V concluded a peace agreement, he passed to the direct management of the republic. Doria had many enemies dissatisfied with the fullness of his power, and these enemies tried more than once or twice to overthrow him, plotted plots, but all of them were uncovered, and traitors were cruelly punished. Already in the ninth ten, Doria again went to sea - fought with pirates and with the French for Corsica taken from the Genoese.
He died on November 25, 1560.