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Son of Doge Angelo and former co-regent.

He was 62 years old (he was born in 1647). He was the first doge to wear a wig on the throne. Under him resumed the war with the Turks (1714-1718) that led to the Treaty of Passarowitz.

With the consent of the people, he chose first his brother Pietro as co-ruler and on the latter's death his other brother, Orso junior.

He was 70 years old (he was born on 26 October 1409) and was the brother of Doge Pietro (1474-1476).

He was 69 years old and belonged to the branch of the family that had the baroque palace on the Grand Canal, Ca' Pesaro, built by Longhena between 1679 and 1718.

He was born in 1240 and was therefore 72 years old. In his youth he had been podestà in Chioggia and Ferrara, but had also distinguished himself as an admiral against the Genoese in the capture of Caffa (1296).

Son of Doge Angelo from whom he had been sent on a mission to Constantinople to strengthen the Republic's ties with Basileus Leo V the Armenian, at whose court he received the title of ipato.

Commedia dell'arte was initially characterised by the absence of a script with characters endowed with personality, organised instead by mostly stereotypical plots and professional actors playing fixed characters, usually masks.

Born in 1898 in New York, Peggy was the daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, a mining entrepreneur, and Florette Seligman, a descendant of a prominent banking family.

He succeeded Lorenzo Tiepolo, was 81 years old (he was born in 1194) and had a remarkable career as a diplomat. He was also procurator of St. Mark's from 18 April 1267.

He was the first duke or doge of Candia/Creta, then podestà of Constantinople (1218-1220 and 1224-1227).

He was 65 years old when he came to office (born November 16, 1436) and had made his fortune in trading.