Pietro Loredan

Pietro Loredan (1372–1438) was a Venetian nobleman and admiral of the Loredan family, whose father and grandfather had also commanded Venetian fleets. In 1412, as captain-general, he took Šibenik and helped defeat the troops of Sigismund of Hungary at the Battle of Motta, securing Dalmatia for Venice.

Sent against the Ottomans in 1416, he destroyed their fleet at the Battle of Gallipoli. He later campaigned against Genoa and Milan and was made Procurator of St Mark's in 1425. In 1423 he lost the doge's election to his rival Francesco Foscari; when Loredan died in 1438, Foscari was suspected of poisoning him.