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1581 affair ended by death, diplomacy 2023 Oct 5
Mathurin Romegas was a nobleman and Knight Hospitaller of the Order of Saint John of Malta and a wildly successful sailor in the struggle against the Corsairs and Ottomans, personally enraging Suleiman the Magnificent with his exploits. But his late career and death is wrapped in Papal intrigue and politics. When he died in Rome at around 55 years of age, what really killed him?
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