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He was 67 years old (he was born on 7 October 1554) and belonged to an old family from the branch of the Contarini dalla porta di ferro (so called because the doors of the entrance door of the Contarini Palace in San Francesco della Vigna were…

Son of Doge Giovanni I (1625-1629). He was 71 years old (he was born in 1585). His was by far the shortest dogado in the history of the Serenissima Republic, beating the record held by Nicolò Donà (1618) who had been doge for 35 days. Francesco…

Already ambassador in Avignon to Pope Clement V first and John XXII later, he was the architect of the withdrawal of the interdict against the Republic (1311). A fine diplomat - and in Venice diplomacy was already considered 'an authentic science'…

He was 77 years old (he was born in 1468) and had studied literature. He distinguished himself as a soldier, ambassador and podestà in various cities and was finally elected procurator of S. Marco de ultra on 7 October 1532. During his dogado he…

He was 65 years old (he was born on 28 February 1566), had been procurator of S. Marco de ultra since 22 December 1618, and was already provveditore generale da mar and provveditore generale in terraferma (or superintendent of land forces). At the…

He was 50 years old (he was born on 19 June 1373), had an important political career behind him and from 26 January 1415 m.v. was also procurator of St. Mark de citra. Francis was a vigorous advocate of the policy of expansion into the mainland…

He was 67 years old (he was born on 9 February 1685). During his doge's tenure, two important events occurred, one in domestic policy and the other in foreign policy. Internally there was the clash between conservatives and reformists: the doge did…

He was 71 years old (he was born on 21 April 1575). He had been provveditore generale in Dalmatia and Candia/Creta and from 2 January 1633 m.v. procurator of St. Mark's de supra. His election (1646) coincided with the abolition of the coronation of…

He was 69 years old (born 26 February 1619). He was unanimously elected in a single ballot on 3 April 1688. The seal and ducal horn were sent to him in Aegina on 26 May 1688, where he was in the war against the Turks in the capacity of captain…

Francesco Stiore was born on 17 October 1806 in Venice to Antonio and Lucia Budua. His was a large patriarchal family that resided in a small two-storey house in Fondamenta Sant'Anna at number 609 in the Castello district. Documents preserved in the…

He was 65 years old (he was born in 1489). He was a sickly doge and a great glutton. His lavish display of luxury, at a time when the Doge's Republic was suffering from famine, alienated all sympathy for him, and the people ended up hating him and…

He was born in Venice in 1546 into a family belonging to the original citizen class. She had three brothers: Girolamo, who died during the plague of 1575, Orazio and Serafino. At the age of eighteen, she married the physician Paolo Panizza, whom she…