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He was 65 years old (he was born in 1619) and had an important cursus honorum (ambassador, ducal councillor, member of the Council of X). His dogado, which began with his adhesion to the anti-Turkish league (1684) formed by the pope, the king of…

He was 76 years old (he was born on 11 November 1536) and belonged to one of the old families, believed to be descended from Menesteus, the companion of Aeneas. The dogado was peaceful except for the annoyances of the uscocchi pirates instigated by…

He was 78 years old (he was born in 1475), honest, a bachelor and a bigot. To his credit were several diplomatic experiences following his father, then the post of governor of Cyprus, then of Candia and finally the election as procurator of S. Marco…

He was from Heraclea, formerly magister militum of Doge Paoluccio Anafesto (697-717) when he signed the peace treaty with the Lombard king Liutprand in the year 714. Like Paoluccio, or Paulus Lucius Anaphestus, before him, the dogate of Marcellus…

He was 72 years old and had given birth to seven children. His was a very short dogado, remembered for the beneficial rain that fell on the day of his election, which washed away the signs of the plague contagion, which, however, by the end of the…

He was 79 years old (he was born in 1286) and had been procurator of St. Mark de supra since 14 January 1363. He was not rich, but boasted a more than respectable military and diplomatic cursus honorum. Mild and modest in demeanour, the opposite of…

He was 66 years old (he was born on 4 February 1696) and had been procurator of St. Mark de supra since 3 July 1741. He died at the end of a long illness that struck him after his election and was buried in the Church of S. Stae. A man of letters…

He was 74 years old (he was born in 1280). At the time of his election he was in Avignon as ambassador to Pope Innocent VI (1352-1362). His dogado began in an ominous way and ended worse: on 5 October, on his arrival in Venice, the Bucintoro, who…

He was 63 years old when he came to office (born on the 1st of July 1532) and had a beautiful wife, Morosina Morosini. He was loved by the people, had a flawless cursus honorum in which he had been ambassador under five popes, and was also…

The first to be elected from the forty-one. He was 69 years old (he was born in 1180) and had already been duke of Candia/Creta and procurator of St. Mark's. The most notable things during his short dogado were of a diplomatic and commercial nature…

Pious and devout, known as the Saint, he was 81 years old (he was born in 1230) and married to Agneta Querini. He saw the high office as a means to take care of his neighbour in a more industrious manner. His dogate, however, lasted only 11 months.…

Heraclian, the son of humble peasants. His dogado was one of the longest in the history of the Republic. It lasted 23 years, and he, unlike his predecessors, died in his bed. Galbaio was indeed very good, he managed to juggle the political turmoil…