Lepanto's battle sumary

Ziober said:

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto_order_of_battle
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The split of who was who in Lepanto
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111 of the 209 christian ships where venetian , and since venetians never had slaves to oar their ships while other christian ships did,the number of men supplied is harder to split.
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https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&...oad/13/pdf_7&usg=AOvVaw2eAAdYRn3vfD1NJUeiLM7a
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The six Venetian Galleas accounted for 70% of the Ottoman sinkings

^^Does everything around here have to descend to the level of ultra-nationalist chest beating?

For crying out loud.

I guess the expansion of the Ottomans in the Meditterranean was a big threat to the Venetians and less to the Spaniards.
Anyway, even as the Battle of Lepanto was won, it was the end of the Venetian era and the beginning of sailing around the seven seas.

For those unfamiliar with the Battle of Lepanto:

"The Republic of Venice contributed 109 galleys and six galleasses, 49 galleys came from the Spanish Empire (including 26 from the Kingdom of Naples, the Kingdom of Sicily and other Italian territories), 27 galleys of the Genoese fleet, seven galleys from the Papal States, five galleys from the Order of Saint Stephen and the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, three galleys each from the Duchy of Savoy and the Knights of Malta and some privately owned galleys in Spanish service.

This fleet of the Christian alliance was manned by 40,000 sailors and oarsmen. In addition, it carried approximately 20,000^[22][23] fighting troops: 7,000 Spanish regular infantry of excellent quality,^[24]7,000 Germans and Croats, 6,000 Italian mercenaries in Spanish pay, all good troops,^[25] in addition to 5,000 professional Venetian soldiers.^[26]"

"The Holy League was a coalition of European Catholicmaritimestates arranged by Pope Pius V and led by admiral John of Austria, as agreed between Philip II of Spain, who largely financed the League, and the Venetian Republic (main contributor of ships).<sup>[11]"



"The Christian coalition had been promoted by Pope Pius V to rescue the Venetiancolony of Famagusta on the island of Cyprus, which was being besieged by the Turks in early 1571 subsequent to the fall of Nicosia and other Venetian possessions in Cyprus in the course of 1570. On 1 August the Venetians had surrendered after being reassured that they could leave Cyprus freely. However, the Ottoman commander, Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha, who had lost some 50,000 men in the siege,[16] broke his word, imprisoning the Venetians. On 17 August Marco Antonio Bragadin was flayed alive and his corpse hung on Mustafa's galley together with the heads of the Venetian commanders, Astorre Baglioni, Alvise Martinengo and Gianantonio Querini.The members of the Holy League were the Republic of Venice, the Spanish Empire(including the Kingdom of Naples, the Kingdoms of Sicily and Sardinia as part of the Spanish possessions), the Papal States, the Republic of Genoa, the Duchies of Savoy, Urbino and Tuscany, the Knights Hospitaller and others."

"</sup>All members of the alliance viewed the Ottoman navy as a significant threat, both to the security of maritime trade in the Mediterranean Sea and to the security of continental Europe itself. Spain was the largest financial contributor, though the Spaniards preferred to preserve most of their galleys for Spain's own wars against the nearby sultanates of the Barbary Coast rather than expend its naval strength for the benefit of Venice.^[17][18] The combined Christian fleet was placed under the command of John of Austria (Don Juan de Austria) with Marcantonio Colonna as his principal deputy."

Italian territories other than Venice contributed 68 galleys.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lepanto

Nino (Boy) of Venice – Paulo Polani
A later relative of mine via marriage .......110 years later
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The Polani came from Falze Veneto
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https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falzè

as I said, the Spanish had other priorities, for the Venetians it was a matter of life or death