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Pietro Lando was the
Doge of Venice The Doge of Venice ( ; vec, Doxe de Venexia ; it, Doge di Venezia ; all derived from Latin ', "military leader"), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian '), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 ...
from 1538 to 1545. He had a distinguished career as Captain General of the Sea, but was forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty with Suleiman I in 1540, ceding Venice's last possessions in the Peloponnese to the
Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
. He was married to Maria Pasqualigo.Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges. London : T. W. Laurie
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Republic of Venice admirals 1545 deaths Year of birth unknown Republic of Venice people of the Ottoman–Venetian Wars 16th-century Doges of Venice Procurators of Saint Mark {{Italy-noble-stub