Domenico Gattilusio

Domenico Gattilusio (* 1415, † 1458 murdered ) was from 1455 to 1458 Archon ( Regent or Mr. ) of Lesvos and from 1457 of Thasos.

He came from the prestigious Genoese patrician family Gattilusio and was the eldest son of Archon Dorino I. Gattilusio of Lesbos, and his wife Orietta Doria.

He first lived at Lemnos, his father the Emperor John VIII of Byzantium had with other areas as ownership can be transferred. After the death of his father on June 30, 1455, he joined its successor as Archon of Lesbos. As a vicegerent on Lesbos initially resided his brother Niccolo, who later became governor of Lemnos was. Shortly after the beginning of his reign led to a worsening of relations with the Ottoman Empire. Since the Byzantine Empire already in 1453 the Ottomans inferior and was extinguished, Domenico as well as his father had to pay tribute to the Turkish Sultan. From the new Archon of Lesbos, the doubling of the tribute by Sultan Mehmed II was demanded. Da Domenico could not meet this requirement, he went to negotiate with the Sultan at the Sultan's court in Adrian Opel. The Sultan refused personal negotiations with Domenico and left them high dignitaries. First Domenico Gattilusio was forced to cede control of Thasos to the Ottomans. The tribute you came to meet Domenico by renounced a doubling of the tribute and instead agreed a moderate increase. In addition, Domenico had committed to protecting the island its opposite shores of Asia Minor against pirates. After the oath of allegiance to the Sultan Domenico returned to Lesbos.

A little later the Ottomans occupied under a pretext the Gattilusio'sche estate Phocaea. Benefiting from a popular rebellion against the rule of his brother Niccolo II on Lemnos eventually lost Domenico these possession of the Ottomans, who now threatened also Lesvos.

Under the pretext of wanting to avert the impending handover of Lesbos to the Ottomans by his brother, put the power-hungry Niccolo II his brother Domenico from late 1458 and declared himself the Archon of Lesbos. He let Domenico thrown into prison, and finally strangled.

Domenico Gattilusio was married to Maria- Giustiniana Longo.

  • Mr.
  • Lesbos
  • Born in the 15th century
  • Died in 1458
  • Man
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