Dorino I Gattilusio
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Dorino Gattilusio was the fourth Gattilusio Lord of Lesbos from 1428 until his death. He ruled Lesbos at a time of increasing Ottoman power, and his last years were preoccupied with maintaining some m
Gold coin in imitation of the Venetian ducat, struck in Dorino's name in Old Phocaea
Relief at the Castle of Mytilene, showing the eagle of the Doria family (far left), the family cypher of the Palaiologoi (center left), and the Gattilusi coat of arms (center right)
Domenico Gattilusio
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Domenico Gattilusio was the fifth Gattilusio lord of Lesbos from 1455 to 1458. He was a son of Dorino I Gattilusio and Orietta Doria.
Dorino I Gattilusio
…Lesbos, the castle of Kokkinos on Lemnos and the island of Thasos came under his control. However, Dorino was bed-ridden from 1449 onwards and his son Domenico handled the business of his realm in his name. Following the Fall of Constantinople, Ottoman hegemony in the Aegean increased unchecked. When the Turkish…
Bronze denaro of Domenico Gattilusio, with a large "D" on the obverse, and the tetragrammatic cross of the Byzantine Empire on the reverse