Domenico Sommaripa Explained

Domenico Sommaripa (d. 1466) was a Lord of Andros, first of a branch of the Sommaripa family known as Sommaripa of Andros.

Ancestry

He was a son of Crusino I Sommaripa, and wife.^[1]

Marriage and issue

He married Adriana Crispo, daughter of John II Crispo, twelfth Duke of the Archipelago, and wife Nobil Donna Francesca Morosini, Patrizia Veneta, and had three sons :

• Giovanni Sommaripa, lord of Andros from 1466, killed around 1468 in a Turkish attack on Andros
• Crusino II Sommaripa, lord of Andros from 1468 to his death around 1500
• Francesco Sommaripa, lord of Andros in 1506 but dispossessed after a few months

He was succeeded by his eldest son Giovanni.

Notes and References

1. Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 550