Andrea Cornaro (1547 – c. 1616) or Andreas Kornaros ( el, Ανδρέας Κορνάρος) was a

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aristocrat, historian and author.

Personal life

Cornaro was a Venetian

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born in Trapezonta Sitia on the island of

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. He was the son of Giaccomo Cornaro and Issaveta (Zampia) Demezo and the brother of Vincenzo Cornaro. He was married twice, first to Carnarola Zen until her death, and then to Anezina Zen.

Career

He served as a commander in a galley naval ship and at the age of 24, he participated in the battle of Lepanto with his

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Cristo. His fiefdom included the villages of Voni, Zofori and

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in today's prefecture of

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. In 1591 he founded the Philological Academy of the Weird (L' Accademia degli Stravaganti) in Candia (now Heraklion). Giambattista Basile. '' Lo cunto de li cunti'' (1891) page. 36 He wrote hundreds of poems in Italian. He also wrote ''History of

'' (Historia Candiana). These works were saved but never printed. He died in 1616, at the age of 69. His burial took place in the

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of Saint Francisco in Candia.

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Γράμματα και Τέχνες στην Σητεία
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Το Iόνιο πέλαγος
(in Greek) {{DEFAULTSORT:Cornaro, Andrea 1547 births 1616 deaths Greek people of Venetian descent Greek Roman Catholics People from Sitia 16th-century Venetian historians

Andrea Andrea is a given name which is common worldwide for both males and females, cognate to Andreas, Andrej and Andrew. Origin of the name The name derives from the Greek word ἀνήρ (''anēr''), genitive ἀνδρός (''andrós''), that ref ...

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