Giorgio_Cornaro

Giorgio Cornaro

Giorgio Cornaro

Italian noble

For other uses, see Giorgio Cornaro (disambiguation).

Nobil Huomo Giorgio Cornaro, called "Padre della Patria" (1452 – 31 July 1527) was a Venetian nobleman and politician.

Portrait of Giorgio Cornaro from the National Gallery of Ireland

Life

Giorgio Cornaro was born in Venice in 1452. He was the son of Nobil Huomo Marco Cornaro (December 1406 – 1 August 1479) by his wife, married in 1444, Fiorenza Crispo (1422 – 1501), daughter of Nicholas Crispo, Lord of Syros. His sister was Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus.

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

He died in Venice on 31 July 1527.

Offices

Likeness

Giorgio is depicted in a double portrait, with his son Cardinal Francesco Cornaro, in the National Gallery of Ireland.[1]

Footnotes

  1. [1]
    Healy 2016.

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