[2] Part of the family was located in modern day Koper in Slovenia.
[4][5] He died from the Spanish who boarded his ship and killed him after the Battle of Lepanto despite yelling ”I am a Christian, I am a bishop”.
[6] In 1537, Antonio II of the Bruti-family married with Maria of the Bruni family in Ulcinj.
Gasparo Bruni is mentioned as the first knight of Malta, servant of Sultan Murad III.
The family was ”trans-imperial subjects” with members working as translators, merchants, and men of the church making them valuable to the Venetians and Ottomans.