Nobil Huomo Giorgio Cornaro, called "Padre della Patria" (Venice

Venice

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, 1452 – Venice, 31 July 1527), Cavaliere

Knight

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 del Sacro Romano Impero

Holy Roman Empire

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, Patrizio Veneto

Republic of Venice

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, Podesta

Podestà

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 of Brescia

Brescia

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 in 1496, Procurator of San Marco

Procurator of San Marco

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He was the son of Nobil Huomo Marco Cornaro, Cavaliere del Sacro Romano Impero, Patrizio Veneto (Venice, December 1406 - Venice, 1 August 1479) and wife, married in 1444, Fiorenza Crispo (1422 - 14??), daughter of Nicholas Crispo, Lord of Syros

Nicholas Crispo, Lord of Syros

Nicholas Crispo, Patrizio Veneto , became Lord of Syros in 1420 and Regent of the Duchy of Naxos and of the Archipelagos between 1447 and 1450...

, and wife Valenza=Eudokia Komnena. His sister was Catherine Cornaro

Catherine Cornaro

Nobil Donna Catherine Cornaro was Queen of Cyprus from 1474 to 1489 and declared a "Daughter of Saint Mark" in order that Venice could claim control of Cyprus after the death of her husband, James II .-Family:She was born in Venice in 1454 and was the daughter of a well-known and powerful family of...

, Queen of Cyprus.

Married in Venice in 1475 Nobil Donna Elisabetta Morosini, Patrizia Veneta, and had issue, called "Cornaro della Regina".