Giorgio Cornaro
Nobil Huomo Giorgio Cornaro, called "Padre della Patria", Knight of the Holy Roman Empire, patrician of the Republic of Venice, Podestà of Brescia in 1496, Procurator of St Mark's.
He was the son of Nobil Huomo Marco Cornaro and wife, married in 1444, Fiorenza Crispo, daughter of Nicholas Crispo, Lord of Syros, and wife Valenza=Eudokia Komnena. His sister was Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus.
Married in Venice in 1475 Nobil Donna Elisabetta Morosini, Patrizia Veneta, and had issue, called "Cornaro della Regina".
Giorgio is depicted in a double portrait, with his son Cardinal Francesco Cornaro, in the National Gallery of Ireland.Footnotes
