Andrea Doria

For the ship of the same name, see SS Andrea Doria.

Later years

After the Peace of Crépy between Francis and Charles in 1544, Doria hoped to end his days in quiet. However, his great wealth and power, as well as the arrogance of his nephew and heir Giannettino Doria, made him many enemies, and in 1547 the Fiesco conspiracy to upset the power of his house took place. Giannettino was murdered, but the conspirators were defeated, and Doria showed great vindictiveness in punishing them, seizing many of their fiefs for himself. He was implicated in the murder of Pier Luigi Farnese, duke of Parma and Piacenza, who had helped Fiesco.

Related Topics:
Peace of Crépy - Fiesco - Fief - Pier Luigi Farnese - Duke - Parma - Piacenza

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Other conspiracies followed, of which the most important was that of Giulio Cibò (1548), but all failed. Although Doria was ambitious and harsh, he was a patriot and successfully opposed the emperor Charles's repeated attempts to have a citadel built in Genoa and garrisoned by Spaniards; neither blandishments nor threats could win him over to the scheme. Nor did age lessen his energy, for in 1550, aged eighty-four, he again put to sea to punish the raids of his old enemies the Barbary pirates, but with no great success. War between France and the Empire having broken out once more, the French seized Corsica, then administered by the Genoese Bank of St George.Doria was again summoned, and he spent two years (1553-1555) in the island fighting the French with varying fortune.

Related Topics:
Giulio Cibò - Barbary

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He returned to Genoa for good in 1555, and being very old and infirm he gave over the command of the galleys to his great-nephew Giovanni Andrea Doria, the son of Giannettino Doria, who conducted an expedition against Tripoli, but proved even more unsuccessful than his uncle had been at Algiers, barely escaping with his life. Andrea Doria left his estates to Giovanni Andrea. The family of Doria-Pamphilii-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.

Related Topics:
1555 - Giovanni Andrea Doria - Tripoli - Algiers - Doria-Pamphilii-Landi

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The liner SS Andrea Doria, which was launched in 1951, had its maiden voyage in 1953, and sank in 1956, was named after the Italian admiral, as were two U.S. Navy ships USS Andrew Doria.

Related Topics:
SS ''Andrea Doria'' - 1951 - 1953 - 1956 - USS Andrew Doria

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Andrea Doria's descendents today live in Rome at the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj.

Related Topics:
Rome - Palazzo Doria Pamphilj

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