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unusual facts about Giovanni Andrea Doria


Giovanni Andrea Doria

Carlo Doria (1576-1650), duke of Tursi, married Placidia Spinola, had issue


Andrea Doria

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, the son of Giannettino Doria, who conducted an expedition against Tripoli, but proved even more unsuccessful than his great-uncle had been at Algiers, barely escaping with his life after losing the Battle of Djerba against the Turkish fleet of Piyale Pasha and Turgut Reis.


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