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He was 87 years old (he was born on 15 January 1491) and regularly fell asleep during the sessions. A skilful diplomat, he had been bailo in Corfu (1532-1535), senator (1535), avogadore (1540), lieutenant of the Patria del Friuli (1541), member of…

He belonged to the Donà delle Tresse branch and was 79 years old, having been born on 28 January 1539. He was a miser and at his election there was general discontent so he was not shouted the usual cheers. He was doge for only a month and on his…

He was 74 years old (he was born in 1399). He had been rector in Brescia, Verona and Udine, then head of the Council of X, and finally procurator of St. Mark's de supra from 12 May 1466. His devotion and curiosity for relics led him to discover,…

He was 69 years old (born 18 December 1606). He had been ambassador to the court of Spain and procurator of St. Mark de citra since 18 June 1655. Nothing of real importance happened during his 18 months as dogado. He was buried in the family chapel…

He was 74 years old (he was born in 1399) and did not possess much of a political past, except for the copiousness of his donations in favour of the Republic, which evil tongues attributed to a sort of washing of his conscience for exercising a vile…

Di Malamocco, already a tribune under the doge of Giovanni Galbaio and married to a French noblewoman, had pro-Franco tendencies and was therefore elected: a reaction of the power groups hostile to the previous doge Giovanni Galbaio who was pro-…

Son of Doge Vitale, he continued his work in the Holy Land, helping the Crusaders with his fleet and fighting the Normans. However, he also had to contend with Coloman, King of Hungary (1095-1116), who crowned himself King of Croatia and aimed to…

The first to be elected by 40 electors instead of 11, then popularly called Malipiero because he had a book published (1181) on criminal law, known as Promissione del maleficio, as if it were a promise by the doge to work to maintain public safety.…

Described as a man of great wisdom and profound piety, and a lover of peace, he committed himself to religious as well as civil and administrative reforms. With him, the election of tribunes came to an end and the era of judges and councillors began…

He seems to have belonged to the House of Badoer (from Baduario, meaning Byzantine patrician, son of Constantinople), one of the Apostolic families. He was therefore not related to previous doges of the same surname, neither to the eponymous Orso…

According to some, he was the first doge to be elected, the two previous ones being Byzantine appointments. From Heraclea, Orso came to power perhaps by military pronouncement and in the midst of turmoil of religious origin, iconoclasm raging in…

He was called Otto because he was the godson of Emperor Otto III. He succeeded his father when he was just 15 years old, was born in 994 and was the fourth son of Peter II: the first, John, who had been co-regent with his father Peter II (991-1009…