Marco Sanudo

Marco Sanudo (died 1227) was a nephew of Venetian doge Enrico Dandolo and was a participant in the Fourth Crusade. In 1207 he gathered a fleet and captured the island of Naxos, laying the foundations of the Duchy of the Archipelago in the Aegean Sea.

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See also: Marco Sanudo, 1207, 1227, Aegean Sea, Biography, Doge, Duchy of the Archipelago, Enrico Dandolo, Fourth Crusade