July the Turks, under the command of Lala Mustafa, commenced the siege of Nicosia, capturing the city on 9 September. After capturing Paphos, Limassol and Larnaca in rapid succession, they surrounded Magosa (Famagusta), the final Venetian stronghold on the island, on 18 September 1570 and finally took it on 1 August 1571, completing the conquest of Cyprus. Final assignments After the defeat of the Ottoman fleet under the command of Müezzinzade Ali Pasha at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, Piyale Pasha was called to take back the command of the Ottoman navy. The Ottomans managed to rebuild a fleet as large as that lost at Lepanto in less than a year, and Uluç Ali Reis reconquered Tunisia from Spain and their Hafsid vassals in 1574. In 1573 Piyale Pasha once again landed on Apulia in Italy. This was his final naval expedition. Death Piyale Pasha died on 21 January 1578 and is buried at the Piyale Pasha Mosque in Istanbul which he had built, under the direction of the architect Mimar Sinan, in his final years. Issue On 17 August 1562 he married Gevherhan Sultan, daughter of future Sultan Selim II and Nurbanu Sultan and granddaughter of Sultan Süleyman I. They had two sons and three daughters: Sultanzade Mehmed Bey: firstly governor of Peloponnese, until his uncle Murad III, at the request of his mother, appointed him to the position of governor of Herzegovina. He died in 1593. Sultanzade Mustafa Bey. He probraly died in infancy. Ayşe Atike Hanımsultan: born in 1563. She was married to Doğancıbaşı Kerim Ağa. Atike died in 1614, shortly before the birth of Ahmed I's daughter Atike, who was named in honor of his aunt. Fatma Hanımsultan: married to some Ibrahim Bey. Hatice Hanımsultan (disputed, maybe daughter of his wife second marriage): she married Sinanpasazade Mehmed Pasha in November 1598, until Ahmed I executed him in 1605. It is not known if she remarried. Her palace (known as Piyale Pasha Palace) was left to Ismihan Kaya Sultan after her death. Legacy Several warships of the Turkish Navy have been named after him. See also List of Kapudan Pashas Ottoman Navy Notes References and sources E. Hamilton Currey, Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean, London, 1910 Bono, Salvatore: Corsari nel Mediterraneo (Corsairs in the Mediterranean), Oscar Storia Mondadori. Perugia, 1993. Corsari nel Mediterraneo: Condottieri di ventura. Online database in Italian, based on Salvatore Bono's book. Bradford, Ernle,