See also:

• ANDREA, GIOVANNI (1275-1348)

ANDREA See also:

• ANDREA DORIA (1466-156o)

DORIA (1466-156o)  , Genoese See also:

• CONDOTTIERE (plural, condottieri)

condottiere and See also:

• ADMIRAL

admiral, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Oneglia of an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient Genoese See also:

• FAMILY

family . Being See also:

• LEFT

left an See also:

• ORPHAN

orphan at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, he became a soldier of See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune, and served first in the papal guard and then under various See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian princes . In 1503 we find him fighting in See also:

• CORSICA (Fr. Corse)

Corsica in the service of See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa, at that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time under See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French vassalage, and he took See also:

• PART

part in the rising of Genoa against the French, whom he compelled to evacuate the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . From that time forth it was as a See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain that he became famous . For several years he scoured the Mediterranean in command of the Genoese See also:

• FLEET

fleet, waging See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war on the See also:

• TURKS

Turks and the See also:

• BARBARY

Barbary pirates . In the mean-while Genoa had been recaptured by the French, and in 1522 by the Imperialists . But See also:

• DORIA, ANDREA (1466-156o)

Doria now veered See also:

• ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round to the French or popular See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction and entered the service of See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis I., who made him captain-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general; in 1524 he relieved See also:

• MARSEILLES

Marseilles, which was besieged by the Imperialists, and helped to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place his native city once more under French domination . But he was dissatisfied with his treatment at the hands of Francis, who was mean about See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment, and he resented the king's behaviour in connexion with See also:

• SAVONA

Savona, which he delayed to See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand back to the Genoese as he had promised; consequently on the expiry of Doria's See also:

• CONTRACT
• CONTRACT (Lat. contract us, from contrahere, to draw together, to bind)

contract we find him in the service of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V . (1528) . He ordered his See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew Filippino, who was then blockading See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples in See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert with a French See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, to withdraw, and sailed for Genoa, where, with the help of some leading citizens, he expelled the French once more and re-established the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic under imperial See also:

• PROTECTION

protection . He reformed the constitution in an aristocratic sense, most of the See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility being Imperialists, and put an end to the factions which divided the city . He refused the lordship of Genoa and even the dogeship, but accepted the position of perpetual See also:

• CENSOR (from Lat. censere, assess, estimate; in Gr. rt s ris)

censor, and exercised predominant See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in the See also:

• COUNCILS

councils of the republic until his See also:

• DEATH

death .

He was given two palaces, many privileges, and the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Liberator et See also:

• PATER, WALTER HORATIO (1839-1894)

Pater Patriae . As imperial admiral he commanded several expeditions against the Turks, capturing See also:

• CORONA (Lat. for " crown ")

Corona and See also:

• PATRAS (Gr. Patrai)

Patras, and co-operating with the emperor himself in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• TUNIS

Tunis (1535) . Charles found him an invaluable ally in the See also:

• WARS

wars with Francis, and through him extended his domination over the whole of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . Doria's defeat by the Turks at See also:

• PREVEZA, or PREVESA

Preveza in 1538 was said to be not in-voluntary, and designed to spite the Venetians whom he detested . He accompanied Charles on the See also:

• ILL

ill-fated Algerian expedition of 1541, of which he disapproved, and by his ability just saved the whole force from See also:

• COMPLETE

complete disaster . For the next five years he continued to serve the emperor in various wars, in which he was generally successful and always active, although now over seventy years old; there was hardly an important event in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe in which he had not some See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share . After the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of Crepy between Francis and Charles in 1544 he hoped to end his days in quiet . But his See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, as well as the arrogance of his nephew and See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir Giannettino Doria, made him many enemies, and in 1547 the See also:

• FIESCO (DE' FIESCIII), GIOVANNI LUIGI (c. 1523–1547)

Fiesco See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy to upset the power of his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house took place . Giannettino was murdered, but the conspirators were defeated, and See also:

• ANDREA, GIOVANNI (1275-1348)

Andrea showed great vindictiveness in punishing them . Many of their fiefs he seized for himself, and he was implicated in the See also:

• MURDER

murder of See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

Pier See also:

• LUIGI

Luigi See also:

• FARNESE
• FARNESE, ALEXANDER (1545-1592)
• FARNESE, ELIZABETH (1692-1766)

Farnese, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• PARMA

Parma (see FARNESE), who had helped Fiesco . Other conspiracies followed, of which the most important was that of Giulio Cibo (1548), but all failed . Although Doria was ambitious and harsh, he was a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good patriot and successfully opposed the emperor Charles's repeated attempts to have a citadel built in Genoa and garrisoned by Spaniards; neither blandishments nor threats could win him over to the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme .

Nor did age lessen his See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy, for in 1550, when eighty-four years old, he again put to See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea to punish the raids of his old enemies the Barbary pirates, but with no great success . War between See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire having broken out once more, the French seized Corsica, then administered by the Genoese See also:

• BANK

Bank of St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George; Doria was again summoned, and he spent two years (1553–1555) in the island425 fighting the French with varying fortune . He returned to Genoa for good in 1555, and being very old and infirm he gave over the command of the galleys to his great-nephew Giovanni Andrea Doria, who conducted an expedition against See also:

• TRIPOLI
• TRIPOLI (Tarabulus el-Gharb, i.e. Tripoli of the West)
• TRIPOLI, or TARABULUS (anc. Tripolis)

Tripoli, but proved even more unsuccessful than his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle had been at See also:

• ALGIERS (Fr. Alger, Arab. Jezair, i.e. The Islands)

Algiers, barely escaping with his See also:

• LIFE

life . Andrea Doria died on the 25th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 156o, leaving his estates to Giovanni Andrea . The family of Doria-Pamphilii-Landi (q.v.) is descended from him and bears his title of See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• MELFI

Melfi . Doria was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of indomitable energy and a great admiral . If he appears unscrupulous and even treacherous he did but conform to the See also:

• STANDARDS

standards of 16th-See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century Italy .