Giorgio Cornaro

Nobil Huomo Giorgio Cornaro, called "Padre della Patria" (1452, in Venice – 31 July 1527, in Venice), Cavaliere del Sacro Romano Impero, Patrizio Veneto, Podestà of Brescia in 1496, Procurator of San Marco.

He was the son of Nobil Huomo Marco Cornaro, Cavaliere del Sacro Romano Impero, Patrizio Veneto (Venice, December 1406 - Venice, 1 August 1479) and wife, married in 1444, Fiorenza Crispo (1422 - 1501), daughter of Nicholas Crispo, Lord of Syros, and wife Valenza=Eudokia Komnena. His sister was Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus.

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

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