Andrea Doria, Genoa's great diplomat, soldier, and…
November 1560 CE
Andrea Doria, Genoa's great diplomat, soldier, and admiral, who has attempted to keep his city from foreign domination since becoming its ruler in 1528, had returned to Genoa for good in 1555.
Being very old and infirm, he had given over the command of the galleys to his great-nephew Giovanni Andrea Doria, the son of Giannettino Doria, who had conducted an expedition against Tripoli, but proved even more unsuccessful than his great-uncle had been at Algiers, barely escaping with his life in May, 1560, after losing the Battle of Djerba against the Turkish fleet of Piyale Pasha and Turgut Reis.
Andrea Doria, dying just short of his ninety-forth birthday on November 25, 1560, leaves his estates to Giovanni.
The family of Doria-Pamphili-Landi is descended from Giovanni Andrea Doria and bears his title of prince of Melfi.
Judged by the standards of his day, Doria was an outstanding leader.