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The Doge of Venice (/ d oʊ dʒ / DOHJ) [2] [a] was the doge or highest role of authority within the Republic of Venice (697 CE to 1797 CE). [3] The word Doge derives from the Latin Dux , meaning "leader," and Venetian Italian for “duke”, highest official of the republic of Venice for over 1,000 years. [ 4 ]
The following is a list of all 120 of the Doges of Venice ordered by the dates of their reigns. For more than 1,000 years, the chief magistrate and leader of the city of Venice and later of the Most Serene Republic of Venice was styled the Doge , a rare but not unique Italian title derived from the Latin Dux .
Leonardo Loredan (1501), Doge of Venice, portrait by Giovanni Bellini, wearing the corno ducale, the ducal hat which symbolised his office.. A doge (/ d oʊ dʒ / DOHJ, [1] Italian: [ˈdɔːdʒe]; plural dogi or doges; see below) was an elected lord and head of state in several Italian city-states, notably Venice and Genoa, during the medieval and Renaissance periods.
Enrico Dandolo (anglicised as Henry Dandolo and Latinized as Henricus Dandulus; c. 1107 – May/June 1205) was the doge of Venice from 1192 until his death in 1205. He is remembered for his avowed piety, longevity, and shrewdness, and his role in the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople.
In heraldry, a distinction is made between the doge hat of the Republic of Venice and the doge hat of the Republic of Genoa. From the end of the 18th century, this emblem of rank and dignity was only occasionally carried on in the arms of Venetian noble families (Vendramin, Sagredo, Giustiniani). [3] [4] [5]
The story of Faliero's failed plot was later made into plays by Lord Byron (Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice in 1821) [43] and Casimir Delavigne (in 1829). [44] Delavigne's play was adapted into an eponymous opera scored by Gaetano Donizetti in 1835. [44] All three present the traditional story that Faliero was acting to defend his wife's honour.
Portrait attributed to Odoardo Fialetti, c. 1600–1625. Antonio Priuli (10 May 1548 – 12 August 1623) was the 94th Doge of Venice from 1618 until his death in 1623. [1] [2] Priuli became Doge in the midst of an ongoing Spanish conspiracy orchestrated by the Spanish Ambassador to Venice, Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar, a "spy war" that did not end until 1622.
Orio Mastropiero (died 13 June 1192), forename sometimes rendered as Aurio and surname as Malipiero, was a Venetian statesman who served as the Doge of Venice from 1178 to 1192. He was elected by the Council of Forty in 1178 following the retirement of Sebastiano Ziani.