Pope Innocent IX, born Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 29 October to 30 December 1591.
The Duchy of the Archipelago, also known as Duchy of Naxos or Duchy of the Aegean, was a maritime state created by Venetian interests in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea, in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, centered on the islands of Naxos and Paros. It included all the Cyclades. In 1537, it became a tributary of the Ottoman Empire, and was annexed by the Ottomans in 1579; however, Christian rule survived in islands such as Sifnos and Tinos.
Cecilia Venier was suo jure lady of Paros in 1531-1537. She was the last ruler of Paros before it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1537.
Jan Hieronimowicz Chodkiewicz was a 16th-century Lithuanian noble. He was Grand Pantler of Lithuania from 1559, Elder of Samogitia (1564–1579), Governor of Livonia (1566–1578), Grand Marshal of Lithuania (1566–1579), Count of Shklow 1568, Castellan of Vilnius (1574–1579). He was the elder of Telšiai and Plateliai from 1566, of Rumšiškės from 1568, and of Kaunas from 1569.
Tiberio Crispo, the son of Giovanni Battista Crispo and Silvia Ruffini, who, after her husband's death, was the mistress of Alessandro Farnese. It was believed that Tiberio was an illegitimate son of Farnese, who became Pope Paul III. He was certainly a natural brother of Costanza Farnese and Ranuccio Farnese, the two undisputed legitimate children of Paul III, who were born before his election as pope in 1534.
Maria Sanudo was lady of the island of Andros in the Duchy of the Archipelago in 1372–1383, and lady of the island of Paros and of one third of Negroponte in 1383–1426 in co-regency with her spouse, Gaspare Sommaripa.
Giacomo I Crispo was the eleventh Duke of the Archipelago, etc., from 1397 to 1418, son of the tenth Duke Francesco I Crispo and wife Fiorenza I Sanudo, Lady of Milos, and brother of John II and William II.
Giacomo II Crispo was the thirteenth Duke of the Archipelago, etc., from 1433 to 1447.
Gian Giacomo Crispo (1446–1453) was the fourteenth Duke of the Archipelago, etc., from 1447 to 1453, son of the thirteenth Duke Giacomo II Crispo and Ginevra Gattilusio.
Pietro Zeno, was lord of Andros from 1384 until his death in 1427, and a distinguished diplomat in the service of the Republic of Venice.
William II Crispo was the fifteenth Duke of the Archipelago, from 1453 to 1463. He was the son of the tenth Duke Francesco I Crispo and wife Fiorenza I Sanudo, Lady of Milos.
Nicholas Crispo, Patrizio Veneto, became Lord of Syros in 1420 and Regent of the Duchy of the Archipelago between 1447 and 1450. He was a son of Francesco I Crispo, tenth Duke of the Archipelago, and wife Fiorenza I Sanudo, Lady of Milos, and brother of Dukes Giacomo I, John II and William II.
John IV Crispo or Giovanni IV (1500-1564), was the sovereign Duke of the Archipelago, ruling from 1517, when he succeeded Francesco III Crispo. He was succeeded in 1564 by the last Duke, Giacomo IV Crispo.
Francesco III Crispo was the Duke of the Archipelago, ruling from 1500, when he succeeded John III Crispo after an interregnum. He was succeeded in 1517 by John IV Crispo, after an interregnum that began in 1511.
Francesco II Crispo was the sixteenth Duke of the Archipelago, ruling for less than one year in 1463 when he succeeded his uncle William II Crispo. He was succeeded in 1463 by his son Giacomo III Crispo under the regency of his widow Petronilla Bembo.
Giacomo III Crispo, was the seventeenth Duke of the Archipelago, ruling from 1463 when he succeeded Francesco II Crispo. He was succeeded in 1480 by Giovanni III Crispo.
Francesca Morosini, was a Duchess consort of Naxos by marriage to John II Crispo. She served as guardian of her son Giacomo II Crispo from 1433 during his minority.
Domenico Pisani was a Venetian nobleman and briefly the lord of the Aegean island of Santorini in 1479–1480.
Giacomo Crispo or Jacopo Crispo may refer to:
