Lamba D'Oria (also spelled Doria) (1245–1323) was an Italian admiral of the

Republic of Genoa The Republic of Genoa ( lij, Repúbrica de Zêna ; it, Repubblica di Genova; la, Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During the La ...

. The brother of the ''

capitano del popolo Captain of the People ( it, Capitano del popolo, Lombard: ''Capitani del Popol'') was an administrative title used in Italy during the Middle Ages, established essentially to balance the power and authority of the noble families of the Italian ...

Oberto Doria Oberto D'Oria (died 1306) was an Italian politician and admiral of the Republic of Genoa, ruling the republic as Capitano del popolo. Biography Oberto Doria was born at Genoa before 1230, the oldest of four sons of Pietro Doria and Mabilia Casi ...

, he was one of the best Genoese admirals, together with his descendant

Andrea Doria Andrea Doria, Prince of Melfi (; lij, Drîa Döia ; 30 November 146625 November 1560) was a Genoese statesman, ', and admiral, who played a key role in the Republic of Genoa during his lifetime. As the ruler of Genoa, Doria reformed the Re ...

. He defeated the Venetians in the battle of Curzola in 1298, where he took prisoner the admiral

Andrea Dandolo Andrea Dandolo (13067 September 1354) was elected the 54th doge of Venice in 1343, replacing Bartolomeo Gradenigo who died in late 1342. Early life Trained in historiography and law, Andrea Dandolo studied at the University of Padua, where ...

(who subsequently committed suicide) and, according to a tradition, Marco Polo. Polo, Marco; Latham, Ronald (translator) (1958). ''The Travels of Marco Polo'', p. 16. New York: Penguin Books. . After his triumphal return to Genoa, the commune donated him a palace in the San Matteo Square and other lands at Savona, where today a Palazzo D'Oria Lamba is still existing (such as others in Genoa and

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). He was also proclaimed ''capitano del popolo''. Emperor Henry VII gave him the command of 40 galleys.

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1245 births 1323 deaths Lamba 13th-century Genoese people 14th-century Genoese people Genoese admirals People of the War of Curzola {{Italy-mil-bio-stub