Hayreddin Barbarossa
Hayreddin Barbarossa, also known as Hayreddin Pasha, Hızır Hayrettin Pasha, and simply Hızır Reis, was an Ottoman corsair and later admiral of the Ottoman Navy. Barbarossa's naval victories secured... Wikipedia
- Nickname(s): Barbarossa (Redbeard), Hayreddin, Hızır Reis
- Born: c. 1478, Lesbos, Ottoman Empire
- Died: 4 July 1546 (aged 67–68), Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire
- Allegiance: Ottoman Empire, France
- Service/branch: Ottoman Navy
- Years of service: c. 1500–1545
- Rank: Kapudan Pasha (Admiral)
- Battles/wars: Spanish-Ottoman wars, Capture of Algiers (1516), Algiers Expedition (1516), Algiers Expedition (1519), Sack of Mahón, Capture of Peñón of Algiers (1529), Campaign of Cherchell (1531), Sack of Lipari, Conquest of Tunis (1535), Ottoman-Hafsid wars, Conquest of Tunis (1534), Third Ottoman–Venetian War, Battle of Preveza, Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540), Siege of Castelnuovo, Italian War of 1542–1546, Siege of Nice, Sack of Ischia
- Relations: Yakup Ağa (father), Katerina (mother), Ishak (brother), Oruç Reis (brother), Ilyas (brother)
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