Jacopo Dolfin

Jacopo Dolfin or Giacomo Dolfin was a 13th-century Venetian nobleman and senior provincial administrator in the Venetian overseas empire.

Life

Jacopo Dolfin is recorded as a judge in Venice in 1241, as being present in Tunis in June 1245, and again as a judge in Venice in 1254. ^[1] In 1256–1258 he served as the penultimate Venetian Podestà of Constantinople, succeeding Pietro Foscarini in spring 1256 and being replaced by Marco Gradenigo. ^[2] He went on to serve as Duke of Crete (attested in office in September 1259) until September 1261, ^[1] and as commander of a fleet of 37 galleys in the Aegean Sea against the Republic of Genoa in 1262. ^[3] In 1264 he was Bailo of Negroponte, before going to Constantinople as ambassador to Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos. ^[1] Along with Jacopo Contarini, Dolfin concluded a peace treaty with the Emperor on 18 June 1265, that would remain unratified by Venice. ^{[4] [5]} In 1268 he served as podestà of Treviso. ^[1]

References

1. Jacoby 2006, p. 78.
2. Jacoby 2006, pp. 77–78.
3. Geanakoplos 1959, p. 151.
4. Geanakoplos 1959, pp. 182–184.
5. Nicol 1988, pp. 181–182.

Sources

• Geanakoplos, Deno John (1959). Emperor Michael Palaeologus and the West, 1258–1282: A Study in Byzantine-Latin Relations. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. OCLC   1011763434.
• Jacoby, David (2006). "The Venetian Government and Administration in Latin Constantinople, 1204–1261: A State within a State". In Gherardo Ortalli; Giorgio Ravegnani; Peter Schreiner (eds.). Quarta Crociata. Venezia - Bisanzio - Impero latino. Atti delle giornate di studio. Venezia, 4-8 maggio 2004. Venice: Istituto veneto di scienze, lettere ed arti. pp. 19–79. ISBN   978-8-8881-4374-3.
• Nicol, Donald M. (1988). Byzantium and Venice: A Study in Diplomatic and Cultural Relations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   0-521-34157-4.

Political offices
Preceded by Pietro Foscarini	Podestà of Constantinople 1256–1258	Succeeded by Marco Gradenigo