Son of Doge Dominic (1118-30).
The Dogado of Vitale II went through critical years for Venetian politics.
In the West, Emperor Frederick Barbarossa was meditating to dominate the Italic Communes and take possession of the Dogado, claiming that the emperor 'commands kingdoms and every nation must worship him'; Zara was still giving thought; the Patriarch of Aquileia had attacked Grado.
In the East, the basileus Emanuel Comnenus had granted the Genoese the same trade facilities already enjoyed by the Venetians since 1082 and for some time by the Pisan
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