Pietro Lando

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Pietro Lando
PietroLando.jpg
Portrait of Pietro Lando by Domenico Tintoretto
Reign1538-1545
PredecessorAndrea Gritti
SuccessorFrancesco Donà
Born1462
Venice, Republic of Venice
Died9 november 1545
Venice

Pietro Lando was the Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545.

Coat of arms of Pietro Lando

He had a distinguished career as Captain General of the Sea, but was forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty with Suleiman I in 1540, ceding Venice's last possessions in the Peloponnese to the Ottoman Empire. He was married to Maria Pasqualigo.[1]

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Political offices
Preceded by
Andrea Gritti
Doge of Venice
1538–1545
Succeeded by
Francesco Donato


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