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Portrait of Pietro Lando by Domenico Tintoretto
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Reign | 1538–1545 |
Predecessor | Andrea Gritti |
Successor | Francesco Donà |
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Born | 1462 Venice, Republic of Venice |
Died | 9 November 1545(1545-11-09) (aged 82–83) Venice |
Spouses | Maria Pasqualigo |
Pietro Lando was the Doge of Venice 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. He was married to Maria Pasqualigo.[1]
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