Dorino of Lesbos

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Dorino Gattilusio, Lord of Lesbos (d. 30 January, 1455) was the fourth ruler of an independent Lesbos from 1428 to 1455.

He was the second son of Francesco II of Lesbos and Valentina Doria. He succeeded his older brother Jacopo of Lesbos in 1428.

Dorino married Orietta Doria. They had six known children:

• Francesco Gattilusio. Lord of Thasos. Married a daughter of his paternal uncle Palamede of Ainos.
• Domenico of Lesbos. Reigned from 1455 to 1458.
• Niccolo of Lesbos. Reigned from 1458 to 1462.
• Ginevra Gattilusio. Married Giacomo II Crispo of the Duchy of the Archipelago.
• Caterina Gattilusio (d. 1442). Married Constantine XI.
• Maria Gattilusio. Married Alexander of Trebizond. He was a son and co-emperor of Alexios IV of Trebizond.

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External links

• His listing along with his children in "Medieval lands" by Charles Cawley. The project "involves extracting and analysing detailed information from primary sources, including contemporary chronicles, cartularies, necrologies and testaments."
• "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

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