Political Career
In 1460, Giosafat Barbaro was elected Council to Tana, but he declined the position. In 1463, he was appointed Provveditore of Albania. While there, Barbaro he fought with Lekë Dukagjini and Skanderbeg against the Turks. Provveditore Barbaro linked his forces with those of Dukagjini and Nicolo Moneta to form an auxiliary corps of 13,000 men which was sent to relieve the Second Siege of Krujë. After Skanderbeg’s death, Barbaro returned to Venice again.
In 1469, Giosafat Barbaro was made Provveditore of Scutari, in Albania. He was in command of 1200 cavalry, which he used to support Lekë Dukagjini. In 1472, Barbaro was back in Venice, where he was one of the 41 senators chosen to act as electors, who selected Nicolo Tron as Doge.
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