Pietro II Orseolo (961−1009) was the Doge of Venice from 991 to 1009,and a member of the House of Orseolo. He began the period of eastern expansion of Venice that lasted for the better part of 500 years. He secured his influence in the Dalmatian Romanized settlements from the Croats and Narentines,freed Venetia from a 50-year-old taxation to the latter,and started Venetia's expansions by conquering the islands of Lastovo (Lagosta) and Korčula (Curzola) and acquiring Dubrovnik (Ragusa).
The Republic of Venice or Venetian Republic,traditionally known as La Serenissima,was a sovereign state and maritime republic in parts of the present-day Italian Republic that existed for 1,100 years from 697 until 1797. Centered on the lagoon communities of the prosperous city of Venice,it incorporated numerous overseas possessions in modern Croatia,Slovenia,Montenegro,Greece,Albania and Cyprus. The republic grew into a trading power during the Middle Ages and strengthened this position during the Renaissance. Most citizens spoke the Venetian language,although publishing in Italian became the norm during the Renaissance,alongside Latin and Medieval Greek.
Orso II Participazio was the eighteenth doge of the Republic of Venice,by tradition,from 912 to 932.
The Contarini is one of the founding families of Venice and one of the oldest families of the Italian Nobility. In total eight Doges to the Republic of Venice emerged from this family,as well as 44 Procurators of San Marco,numerous ambassadors,diplomats and other notables. Among the ruling families of the republic,they held the most seats in the Great Council of Venice from the period before the Serrata del Maggior Consiglio when Councillors were elected annually to the end of the republic in 1797. The Contarini claimed to be of Roman origin through their patrilineal descendance of the Aurelii Cottae,a branch of the Roman family Aurelia,and traditionally trace their lineage back to Gaius Aurelius Cotta,consul of the Roman Republic in 252 BC and 248 BC.
Obelerio degli Antenori was the ninth traditional Doge of Venice from 804 to 811.
Giustiniano Participazio was the eleventh (traditional) or ninth (historical) Doge of Venice from 825 to his death. His four years on the ducal throne were very eventful. He was made hypatus by the Byzantine emperor Leo V the Armenian.
Pietro IV Candiano (925–976) was the twenty-second (traditional) or twentieth (historical) doge of Venice from 959 to his death. He was the eldest son of Pietro III Candiano,with whom he co-reigned and whom he was elected to succeed.
Giovanni I Participazio was the tenth (historical) or twelfth (traditional) Doge of Venice from the death of his brother in 829 to his arrest and deposition in 836.
Giovanni II Participazio was the thirteenth (historical) or fifteenth (traditional) Doge of Venice after the death of his father,Orso I,in 881 until his resignation in 887. Prior to that,he co-ruled with his father.
The Republic of Venice was a sovereign state and maritime republic in Northeast Italy,which existed for a millennium between the 8th century and 1797.
Pietro Tribuno was the Doge of Venice from 887 to his death.
Domenico Morosini was the thirty-seventh doge of the Republic of Venice,reigning from 1148 until his death in 1156.
Domenico Leoni was a Byzantine magister militum per Venetiae in charge of Venice in 738. Following the murder of the doge Orso Ipato in 737,the Exarch of Ravenna imposed administration by annual magistri militum on Venice. Domenico was the first of these officials. He was succeeded by Felice Cornicola. This period of government by magistri militum lasted until 742,when the fifth and last of such officials was deposed and the dogeship was restored.
Malamocco was the first,and for a long time,the only,settlement on the Lido of Venice barrier island of the Lagoon of Venice. It is located just south of the island's center and it is part of the Lido-Pellestrina borough of the municipality of Venice.
Francesco Loredan was a Venetian statesman and magnate who served as the 116th Doge of Venice from 18 March 1752 until his death in 1762. He was a member of the noble House of Loredan,head of its Santo Stefano branch,and the only Doge,as well as the last male,to be awarded the Golden Rose by the Papacy.
Jovian,surnamed Hypatus or Ceparius,was Byzantine magister militum per Venetiae in charge of the duchy of Venice in 740. Following the murder of the doge Orso Ipato in 737,the Exarch of Ravenna imposed administration by annual magistri militum on Venice who replaced the doge. Jovian was the fourth of these officials. This period of government by magistri militum lasted until 742,when the fifth and last of such officials was deposed and the dogeship was restored.
John Fabriacus was a Byzantine magister militum per Venetiae in charge of the duchy of Venice in 742. Following the murder of the doge Orso Ipato in 737,the Exarch of Ravenna imposed administration by annual magistri militum on Venice who replaced the doge. John was the fifth and last of these officials.
This article presents a detailed timeline of the history of the Republic of Venice from its legendary foundation to its collapse under the efforts of Napoleon.
Elena was the Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Agnello Participazio. Her death date is unknown.
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