Adriana Crispo


Adriana Crispo, was a noblewoman of the Crispo family, lady of Ios, Therasia and Antiparos in the Cyclades. She was one of the last rulers before the conquest of the Ottoman Empire.

Life

She succeeded her father Marco, great-grandson of Francesco I Crispo, as lady of Ios and Therasia. She married Alvise Pisani, a Venetian noble, in 1508.
In 1528 she succeeded her grandmother, Lucrezia Loredano in Antiparos.
The islands were conquered by the Osman Turks in 1537.