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3 unusual facts about Siege of Candia


Pope Clement IX

At the end of October 1669 Clement IX fell ill after receiving news that the Venetian fortress of Candia in Crete had surrendered to the Turks.

Raphael Cotoner

During Cotoner's reign, the Order of Malta sent troops to Candia, besieged by the Ottomans.

During his 3-year reign, the Order of Malta sent reinforcements to support Venetians besieged by the Ottomans in Candia (Candia eventually fell after a siege lasting more than two decades in September 1669, almost 6 years after Cotoner's death).



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