Andrea II Barozzi (died 1334) was a Venetian nobleman and lord of

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in the

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and Admiral of Romania. He succeeded his father,

Iacopo II Barozzi Iacopo, or Jacopo (II) Barozzi (died 1308), was a Republic of Venice, Venetian nobleman and the first lord of Santorini in the Cyclades. He also occupied several high-ranking colonial positions for the Venetian Republic. Life Iacopo Barozzi was th ...

, on the latter's death in 1308. His possession of Santorini and Therasia was confirmed by a treaty between the

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and the

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in 1310. Ca. 1315 he was bestowed the title of " Admiral of the Empire of Romania", probably by the titular emperor

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. In 1316, his possessions were raided by Turkish pirates. Around 1325, Barozzi came into conflict with the

Duke of Naxos The Duchy of the Archipelago (, , ), also known as Duchy of Naxos or Duchy of the Aegean, was a maritime state created by Venetian interests in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea, in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, centered on the i ...

, Nicholas I Sanudo, over his feudal status: the Dukes of Naxos claimed suzerainty of Santorini as lords of the Cyclades archipelago, but the Barozzi had equally staunchly refused to accept such an obligation. Despite the mediation of Venice, the conflict turned into open war between the two. A renewed Venetian intervention in 1328 eventually brought about an armistice in 1331. Andrea II Barozzi died in 1334. His successor, Marino Barozzi, in 1335 withdrew to Crete where he died in 1359. The lordship of Santorini passed to the Dukes of Naxos.

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