Adriana Crispo

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Adriana Crispo (d. after 1537), was a noblewoman of the Crispo family, lady of Ios, Therasia (1508-1537) and Antiparos (1528-1537) in the Cyclades. She was one of the last rulers before the conquest of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

She was the daughter of Marco II and III of Ios and Santhorini and Lucretia Loredani. [1]

She married Alvise/Alessandro Pisani, a Venetian noble, in 1508.

In 1508, she succeeded her father Marco, great-grandson of Francesco I Crispo, as lady of Ios and Therasia.

In 1528 she succeeded her grandmother, Lucrezia Loredano (1446–1528) in Antiparos.

She co-ruled with her husband, Alessandro Pisani of Anaphi and Antiparos, jure uxoris.

The islands were conquered by the Osman Turks in 1537.

References

  1. Stokvis, Anthony Marinus Hendrik Johan (1889). Manuel d'histoire, de généalogie et de chronologie de tous les états du globe: depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours. Les etats de L'Europe et leurs colonies, I. (in French). Brill.