Oberto Doria

Oberto Doria (before 1230–1306) was a Genoese admiral and capitano del popolo and brother of Lamba Doria. A merchant in his youth, he traded from France to North Africa. In 1266, after a Genoese defeat at Trapani, he took his first fleet command and raided Canea. In 1270 he and Oberto Spinola seized power as joint captains of the people, opening a fifteen-year Genoese golden age; in 1273 he stormed La Spezia against the Fieschi.

As admiral he crushed the Pisans at the Battle of Meloria on 6 August 1284, crippling their sea power. He retired in 1285 and helped make peace with Pisa in 1288.