Английская Википедия:Andrea Pisani (admiral)
Шаблон:Infobox military person Andrea Pisani (Venice, 1662 – Corfu, 21 September 1718) was a Venetian noble who served as Captain General of the Sea during the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War.
Biography
Andrea Pisani was born in Venice in 1662, to a noble family belonging to the Venetian patriciate. He was the son of Gianfrancesco Pisani and Paolina Contarini.Шаблон:Efn
During his youth, he was banished from Venice[1] on the orders of the Council of Ten (25 August 1682), for having perpetrated indecent acts against the Шаблон:Ill in Brescia.Шаблон:Sfn In order to redeem himself, he enlisted as a volunteer in the Imperial army operating in Hungary during the Siege of Buda.Шаблон:Sfn In the next year, he returned to Venice, enlisting in the Venetian navy under the captain (Governator di Nave) Pietro Zaguri.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1693, he was appointed paymaster under the Doge and Captain General of the Sea Francesco Morosini.Шаблон:Sfn In 1695, he took part in the naval Battle of the Oinousses Islands, under the command of Captain General Шаблон:Ill against the Ottoman fleet, and in the next year he fought in the Battle of Andros under Captain General Шаблон:Ill.Шаблон:Sfn
On his return to Venice he was elected to the Venetian Senate. As senator, he occupied several different magistratures, until returning to military duties in 1715, with the outbreak of the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War, when he was appointed Provveditore Generale delle Isole, and later Captain General of the Sea.Шаблон:Sfn In 1716, he participated in the successful defence of Corfu, and recaptured Butrint and Santa Maura.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1717, he distinguished himself in the battle off Passavas, along with his brother Шаблон:Ill: aboard a small felucca, Pisani passed through the enemy ships in full action, reorganized his own ships of the line, and encouraged his troops.Шаблон:Sfn Once back in Santa Maura, he busied himself with its re-fortification, alongside Count Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg.Шаблон:Sfn He then recovered Preveza and Vonitsa, for which he was awarded by the Senate the Knighthood of the Шаблон:Ill.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1718, he was besieging Dulcigno when news arrived of the Treaty of Passarowitz. He lifted the siege and returned with the fleet to Corfu.Шаблон:Sfn On 21 September 1718 he was killed in an explosion caused when a thunderbolt struck a gunpowder magazine.Шаблон:Sfn His body was transported to Venice, where his funeral took place; he was buried in the island of La Certosa.Шаблон:Sfn
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- ↑ Bandi et sentenze dell'eccelso Conseglio di dieci contra Tommaso e Paolo fratelli Caprioli q. conte Costanzo di Brescia, ed altri fra' quali ser Andrea Pisani de ser Z. Francesco, Stampate per Gio. Pietro Pinelli stampator ducale.
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