Niccolò Gattilusio
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Phocaea |
| Died | Constantinople |
| 1462 | |
| Constantinople | |
| Parents | Dorino I Gattilusio |
| Orietta Doria | |
| Siblings | Domenico Gattilusio |
| Caterina Gattilusio | |
| Maria Gattilusio | |
| Francesco III Gattilusio | |
| Ginevra Gattilusio | |
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| ID | 3902805 |
Niccolò Gattilusio Life story
Niccolò Gattilusio was the sixth and last Gattilusio lord of Lesbos. He was a younger son of Dorino I Gattilusio and Orietta Doria. He deposed his elder brother Domenico Gattilusio, threw him in prison, and had him strangled. The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II used this crime as his pretext to invade Lesbos.
