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Showing posts with label Doges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Doges. Show all posts
22 June 2026

Leonardo Loredan - Doge of Venice

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Strong ruler steered Venice through wars and established first Ghetto Giovanni Bellini's Portrait of  Doge Leonardo Loredan One of the m...
21 November 2025

Paolo Renier - Doge of Venice

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Penultimate head of Most Serene Republic The 1779 portrait of Renier, by Lodovico Gallina, hangs in Venice's Museo Correr Paolo Renier, ...
14 May 2021

Ludovico Manin - the last Doge of Venice

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Surrender to Napoleon ended La Serenissima’s independence  Ludovico Manin was Doge of Venice from 1789 until its fall in 1797  The man who w...
12 December 2020

Loredana Marcello – Dogaressa of Venice

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Doge’s wife developed treatments for plague sufferers Loredana Marcello developed  treatments for plague in Venice Loredana Marcello, who be...
19 February 2020

Domenico Grimani - cardinal and art collector

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Owned works by Da Vinci, Titian and Raphael among others Lorenzo Lotto's portrait of Cardinal Domenico Grimani, painted in the 16th...
10 May 2018

Antonio Priuli - Doge of Venice

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Doge clamped down on Spanish ‘spies’ Antonio Priuli rounded up hundreds of suspected Spanish plotters Antonio Priuli, who was the 94...
30 April 2018

Andrea Dandolo - Doge of Venice

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Reign tested by earthquake, plague and war A bust of Andrea Dandolo, sculpted by Lorenzo Larese Moretti in 1861 Andrea Dandolo, the f...
3 March 2018

Sebastiano Venier – Doge of Venice

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Victorious naval commander briefly ruled La Serenissima Jacopo Tintoretto's portrait of Sebastiano Venier at the Battle of Lepa...
23 October 2017

Francesco Foscari – Doge of Venice

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Ignominious ending to a long and glorious reign Lazzaro Bastiani's profile portrait of the 65th Doge of Venice, Francesco Fosca...
19 July 2017

Jacopo Tiepolo - Doge of Venice

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Ruler laid down the law and granted land for beautiful churches Jacopo Tiepolo was Doge of Venice for 20 years Jacopo Tiepolo, th...