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Born November 30, 1466 • Oneglia • Italy
Died November 25, 1560 (aged 93) • Genoa • Italy
House / Dynasty Doria family
Role In Italian Wars

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Andrea Doria, detail of a portrait by Sebastiano del Piombo; in the Doria Palace, Rome.
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