Elected upon the death of his father Maurice, whose co-ruler he was with the blessing of Constantinople and the approval of the Venetians.
His dogado, like that of his father, was also long, lasting 17 years, but the results were inferior and he was eventually ousted.
In fact, Giovanni Diacono writes in his Venetian Chronicle that this doge 'from no written testimony nor from oral tradition appears to have inspired his actions for the good of his homeland'.
Like his father, however, Giovanni Galbaio tried to maintain the balance between the Franks,
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