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Barbarossa (2)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
E . Red-beard),
native of Mitylene; turned corsair; became sovereign of Algiers by the murder of Selim the emir, who had adopted him as an ally against Spain; was defeated twice by the Spanish general Gomarez and slain (1473-1518).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Barbarossa (2)'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/barbarossa-2.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.