Dorino I. Gattilusio
Dorino I. Gattilusio (also Dorino Gattilusio ) (* um 1395, † June 30, 1455 ) was from 1428 to 1455 Archon ( Regent or Mr. ) of Lesbos.
He came from the prestigious Genoese patrician family Gattilusio and was the younger son of Archon Francesco II of Lesbos Gattilusio, and his wife, a princess of unknown name of Byzantium.
First Dorino was the Lord of Phocaea. After his brother Jacopo, the Archon of Lesbos, who died without heirs in 1428, the rule of Lesbos fell to Dorino. From the emperor of that time already declining Byzantine Empire, John VIII to Dorino still left the islands of Lemnos and Thasos transmitted as a rule. With the further advance of the Ottomans Dorino I was the Ottoman Sultan tribute for his rule. After the fall of Byzantium in 1453 Sultan Mehmed II called Dorino how. Of the other Christian rulers of the conquered lands, recognition of Ottoman suzerainty Despite the increased tribute the rule of the Christian Gattilusio on Lesbos and their other areas was acutely threatened by the Ottomans. Dorino I did not manage to reach an agreement on the future of his reign with the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. On June 30, 1455 died Dorino I. Gattilusio and because his eldest son Francesco was already Lord of Thasos, his second son Domenico followed him as Archon of Lesbos, who initially gave his younger brother Niccolo as governor of the business of government.
Dorino I. Gattilusio was married to Orietta Doria from the Genoese Doria family. From this marriage three sons (Francesco, Domenico, Niccolo ) and three daughters were born. The daughters were due to the successful marriage policy of Gattilusios married with regional dynasties: Ginevra married in 1444 the Duke Jacopo II Crispo of Archipelago; Caterina in 1441 with the Emperor Constantine XI. married from Byzantium; Mary was married to Emperor Alexandros Komnenos of Trebizond.
- Mr.
- Lesbos
- Born in the 14th or 15th century
- Died in 1455
- Man