Khayr al-Dīn Barbarossa , called Ariadeno Barbarossa, also known as Haradin, Kaireddin and Cair Heddin , (Mytilene, c. 1466 - Istanbul, 1546) was a Turkish privateer and admiral, Bey of Algiers and Tlemcen , as well as admiral of the Ottoman fleet.
he probably died of severe dysentery and was buried near the Bosphorus .
His father was Jacob , Albanian taken prisoner and converted to Islam, and his mother was the Andalusian Catalina , widow of a Greek priest.
he was baptized with the name of Khizr and had two brothers: Elias and Arouj .
From his youth he practiced piracy in the Greek archipelago, until the galleys of the Knights of Rhodes put an end to his activity off the island of Iraklion (Candia), in a fight in which the brother Elias and brother Arouj were taken prisoner (1518).
Barbarossa he then served in the Camali team together with his brother Arouj .
When he mutinied on the galley in which he was embarked, killing one of its owners, in Barbarossa the command of the brig was given, which was traveling in tow. This episode allowed him to accumulate a large fortune in money.
It is said of raids made by him in Antalya and on the Serbian coasts, with the conquest of the island of Gerba , later transformed into a base for his expeditions.
He then moved to Tunis , in agreement with its ruler hafside Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad .
The devastation of many coasts of the Mediterranean Sea is attributed to Barbarossa, in particular those included in the area of Diano Marina in Liguria, but also of Reggio Calabria (1512), in Andalusia (Christian round), to Lipari and Tindari.
In 1513 took possession of Algiers , becoming its lord.
In the same year he was attacked by the fleet of the Republic of Genoa in the port of Tunis :defeated, he was forced to shut himself up within the city walls, losing the fort of La Goletta and several convicts.
After that, his action was concentrated on the coasts of N ord Africa, between Algeria and Tunisia .
In 1526 , he again attacked Reggio Calabria however, undergoing failure by the people of Reggio. He then turned against Messina and, past the Lighthouse of Messina , he attacked the fortress on the harbor. In search of other loot he went up the Italian peninsula, but in front of Piombino he was confronted and forced to flee by Andrea Doria , at the helm of a fleet made up of papal ships and some galleys of the Knights of Malta .
Barbarossa became the undisputed admiral (qapudàn) of the Ottoman fleet after 1533. In Istanbul he was welcomed as a hero, receiving several gifts including, in 1535 , a magnificent palace.
In 1538 he again faced Andrea Doria in the battle of Preveza, beating him and capturing some Genoese galleys. Back to plunder the Ligurian coast, Barbarossa sacked Sanremo in 1544.
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