Credited with high lineage and Roman descent, he enjoyed excellent international relations: already a ducal councillor and ambassador (1050) to the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III (1039-1056), he married Theodora, sister of the Basileus Michael VII, who granted him the title of protoproedro, the highest dignity of the Byzantine magistracy.
Thanks to Theodora, Venice's relations with Constantinople became, if possible, even closer, but in Venice Theodora was a cause for scandal and her death in the throes of gangrene seemed to the Venetians a divine punishment for her habits conside
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