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commander, 13 engagements

Battles of Andrea Doria

Battles of Andrea Doria

Admiral of the Republic of Genoa (1466–1560)

Andrea Doria is recorded as a commander at 13 placed engagements in the atlas between 1519 and 1555: 2 battles, 8 sieges, 2 naval actions and 1 campaign across 5 present-day countries, most in Italy (3), France (3), Algeria (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 10,036 km apart end to end, 836 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Ottoman–Spanish War (7), Italian War of 1521–1526 (2), Spanish–Algerian conflicts (1).

Battle of PianosaSiege of GenoaSiege of MarseilleCampaign of CherchellSiege of Coron (1533–1534)Battle of AntipaxosCapture of MahdiaCapture of BéjaïaConquest of TunisAlgiers expeditionSiege of NiceBattle of PonzaInvasion of CorsicaConquest of TunisAlgiers expeditionSiege of NiceBattle of PonzaInvasion of CorsicaAthensBarcelonaSofiaBelgradeTiranaPalermoThessalonikiSarajevoVallettaFlorence500 km39.956N, 12.070E
13 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1519: 1 engagements1 in 15191522: 1 engagements1 in 15221524: 1 engagements1 in 15241531: 1 engagements1 in 15311534: 1 engagements1 in 15341535: 1 engagements1 in 15351537: 1 engagements1 in 15371541: 1 engagements1 in 15411543: 1 engagements1 in 15431550: 1 engagements1 in 15501552: 1 engagements1 in 15521553: 1 engagements1 in 15531555: 1 engagements1 in 155515191555
13 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Pianosa, 1519Siege of Genoa, 1522Siege of Marseille, 1524Campaign of Cherchell, 1531Siege of Coron (1533–1534), 1534Conquest of Tunis, 1535Battle of Antipaxos, 1537Algiers expedition, 1541Siege of Nice, 1543Capture of Mahdia, 1550Battle of Ponza, 1552Invasion of Corsica, 1553Capture of Béjaïa, 155515191555
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 4

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
25 April 1519Battle of PianosaTuscan Archipelago, ItalyGenoese Victory
20 May 1522Siege of GenoaGenoa, Italy198 km NWImperial victory; Antoniotto II Adorno installed as new Doge
1 August 1524Siege of MarseilleMarseille, France311 km WFrench victory
1531Campaign of CherchellCherchell, Algeria792 km SAlgerian victory
March 1534Siege of Coron (1533–1534)Koroni, Greece1,759 km EFirst siege: Imperial victory; Second siege: Ottoman victory
16 June 1535Conquest of TunisTunis, Tunisia1,049 km WHabsburg and allied victory
1537Battle of AntipaxosAntipaxos, Greece919 km EChristian victory
1541Algiers expeditionAlgiers, Algeria1,526 km WAlgerian victory
22 August 1543Siege of NiceNice, France848 km NEImperial-Savoyard victory
28 June 1550Capture of MahdiaMahdia, Tunisia967 km SSpanish victory
1552Battle of PonzaPonza, Italy623 km NFranco–Ottoman victory
1553Invasion of CorsicaCorsica, France352 km NWFranco–Ottoman victory
1555Capture of BéjaïaBéjaïa, Algeria692 km SWAlgerian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Sebastiano del Piombo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.