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Niccolò Gattilusio (lord of Lesbos)

d. 1462 · 15th century

Niccolò Gattilusio was the last Genoese lord of Lesbos, who seized power by murdering his brother Domenico in 1458. A tributary of the Ottoman Empire, he could not resist when Mehmed II besieged Mytilene in 1462. After the surrender he was taken to Constantinople, where he converted to Islam but was soon executed.

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Lordship of Lesbos

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