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The title was abbreviated, in front of the name, by the initials N.H. (Nobilis Homo or Nobiluomo), together with the feminine variant N.D. (Nobilis Domina). Holding the title of a Venetian patrician was a great honour and many European kings and princes, as well as foreign noble families, are known to have asked for and obtained the prestigious ...
The title was abbreviated, in front of the name, by the initials N.H. (Nobil Homo), together with the feminine variant N.D. (Nobildonna). Holding the title of a Venetian patrician was a great honour and many European kings and princes, as well as foreign noble families, are known to have asked for and obtained the prestigious title.
the last surviving branch of the lords, marquesses and dukes of Mantua, they are registered in the Venetian lists due to the title of Venetian Patrician, that they bring among others (first and foremost, prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Highness) 12 Lechi Marquis of Castellarano and San Cassiano the eldest male Brescia: 13 da Lisca Marquis
Carlo Aurelio Widmann (Venice, 6 November 1750 – Corfu, 3 January 1798) was a Venetian patrician, naval officer, and the last Provveditore Generale da Mar of the Venetian overseas empire, from 1794 to the Fall of the Republic of Venice in 1797.
Pisani family. The House of Pisani is a Venetian patrician family, originating from Pisa, which played an important role in the historic, political and economic events of the Venetian Republic during the period between the 12th and the beginning of the 18th century. The principal male line of the family, namely the Pisanis of Santo Stefano ...
The grand chancellor was elected by the Great Council of Venice, [ 1][ 4] and supervised the Doge's chancery and the archives of the Venetian state. [ 5] Exceptionally for Venetian magistracies, tenure was for life, [ 6] as for the Doge and the Procurators of Saint Mark. [ 7] The chancellor had the right to enter all governing councils of the ...
Great Council of Venice. The Great Council or Major Council (Italian: Maggior Consiglio; Venetian: Mazor Consegio) was a political organ of the Republic of Venice between 1172 and 1797. It was the chief political assembly, responsible for electing many of the other political offices and the senior councils that ran the Republic, passing laws ...
Domenico Grimani: (1461–1523) son of Antonio, Cardinal and Patriarch of Aquileia, owner of the Grimani Breviary. Giovanni VI Grimani (1506–1593) nephew of Domenico, was an Italian bishop and Patriarch of Aquileia. Marino Grimani: (1517–1529) nephew of Domenico, bishop and Patriarch of Aquileia. Vincenzo Grimani: Cardinal and opera ...