• The captain general of the Church (Italian: Capitano generale della Chiesa) was the de facto commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the Papal States...
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    The Captain General of the Sea (Venetian: Capitano Generale da Mar) was the wartime commander-in-chief of the Venetian navy. The post of Captain General...
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  • Io capitano (lit. 'Me Captain' in Italian) is a 2023 drama film directed by Matteo Garrone, from a screenplay written by Garrone with Massimo Gaudioso...
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    Pigafetta, Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo, 1524: "Il capitano generale nominò questi popoli Patagoni." Anthony Munday, The Famous and Renowned...
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    Provveditore Generale da Mar was the supreme commander of the Venetian fleet in peacetime. In wartime, he was replaced by the Capitano Generale da Mar, with...
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    a few Venetian officials, who were headed by a governor (Provveditore generale), who changed every three years. The Venetian nobility competed for this...
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    in exchange for abandoning the Venetians, received the title of capitano generale (commander-in-chief) of the Duchy of Milan's armies. After Filippo...
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    Pigafetta, Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo, 1524: "Il capitano generale nominò questi popoli Patagoni." A Brief Declaration of the Vyage abowte...
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    Mocenigo), doge from 1570 to 1577 Tommaso Alvise Mocenigo (1583-1654), Capitano Generale da Mar, (admiral) of the Venetian fleet 1648–1651, and again 1653–1654...
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    publisher (link) Castiglioni, Pietro (1862). Stamperia reale (ed.). Relazione generale sopra i censimenti delle popolazioni italiane. Torino.{{cite book}}: CS1...
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    Later he was made Papal governor of Fano, receiving also the title of capitano generale (commander-in-chief) of the Papal States, as well as that of Prefect...
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  • Ivan III Girolamo Zane 1572-10-13  Republic of Venice Natural causes Capitano Generale da Mar of the Venetian fleet Eric XIV of Sweden 1577-02-26  Sweden...
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    Rinaldo Bonacolsi from Mantua, replacing him as capitano generale. The following 28 August he was elected capitano del popolo ("Captain of the People") by the...
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  • luogotenente and a military capitano Under French rule, Dalmatia was styled a provveditorate generale, or in French inspection générale in 1808, when it was...
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    was procurator of St Mark's and, in the December of the same year, capitano generale da Mar of the Venetian fleet in the new war against the Ottoman Turks...
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    fleet, met up with another Venetian squadron of 24 galleys under the Capitano generale da Mar Andrea Pisani and a small squadron of 9 mixed Portuguese-Maltese...
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    Pigafetta, Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo, 1524: "Il capitano generale nominò questi popoli Patagoni." The original word would probably be...
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    Marquess of Mantua and Isabella d'Este. In 1509 he was appointed as capitano generale (commander-in-chief) of the Papal States, and subsequently fought...
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    remained at his court. He and the new Duke, who had been appointed capitano generale (commander-in-chief) of the Papal States, took part in Pope Julius...
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    States and the Malatestas in 1412 and 1417, respectively, and was capitano generale (commander-in-chief) of the Venetian Armies from 1434. Later he left...
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    taken away for a later execution. September 6 – Francesco Morosini, capitano generale of the Venetian forces in the siege of Candia, surrenders to the Ottomans...
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    one of the most important ones in the city. In 1494 he was created capitano generale da mar (sea commander-in-chief), a relatively easy task as he had...
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  • Girolamo Zane (1495 - 13 October 1572) was a Capitano generale da Mar of the Venetian fleet during the War of Cyprus. After being sent to Costantinople...
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    generosity, and honored Boniface by electing him city Capitano and Podestà in 1297 and Capitano again in 1298. He built the third and final Palazzo Papale...
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    Maclodio (October 12, 1427). After these successes he was appointed capitano generale (commander-in-chief) of the Republic in 1431 and in 1432 he was sent...
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    wars in Italy, a league was formed against Fortebraccio, under the capitano generale Francesco Sforza. On 15 August 1435 Niccolò defeated and took as prisoner...
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    VII, Marquess of Montferrat, who demanded the city's government as Capitano generale (general-captain), granted to him in 1278. After William VII's side...
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    Console Generale Liuzzi was an Italian Liuzzi-class ocean-going submarine of the Regia Marina, launched in 1939 and sunk in 1940 by Royal Navy destroyers...
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    di [...] Wirico Filippo Lorenzo conte di Daun [...] governatore e capitano generale dello Stato di Milano etc. Milan: Giuseppe Richino Malatesta. Metastasio...
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  • the death of his brother, Malatestino dell'Occhio. In 1321 he was capitano generale (supreme commander) of the Papal States against the Ghibellines and...
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