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Venetian nobility. Coat of arms of the Republic of Venice, featuring the Lion of Saint Mark. The Great Council in a voting session at the Doge's Palace, 1648. The Venetian patriciate (Italian: Patriziato veneziano, Venetian: Patrisiato venesian) was one of the three social bodies into which the society of the Republic of Venice was divided ...
Andrew III of Hungary. Andrew III the Venetian (Hungarian: III. Velencei András, Croatian: Andrija III. Mlečanin, Slovak: Ondrej III.; c. 1265 – 14 January 1301) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1290 and 1301. His father, Stephen the Posthumous, was the posthumous son of Andrew II of Hungary although Stephen's older half brothers ...
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 ...
Sebastiano Badoer. Sebastiano Badoer (c. 1427 –1498) was a Venetian patrician, diplomat and humanist. He served as ambassador four times to the Holy See, thrice to Milan and once each to Naples, Hungary, France and the Empire. He left behind few writings but ample testimonies of his learning.
B. Badoer family (19 P) Barbarigo family (14 P) Barbo family (17 P) Barozzi family (11 P) Bembo family (7 P) Bragadin family (5 P)
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 ...
The Council of Ten (Italian: Consiglio dei Dieci; Venetian: Consejo de i Diexe), or simply the Ten, was from 1310 to 1797 one of the major governing bodies of the Republic of Venice. Elections took place annually and the Council of Ten had the power to impose punishments upon patricians. The Council of Ten had a broad jurisdictional mandate ...
Vincenzo Querini. Vincenzo Querini[a] (1478/1479 – 23 September 1514) was a Venetian patrician, diplomat and church reformer. An accomplished Renaissance humanist, he held a doctorate in philosophy and wrote poetry in Tuscan. He served as ambassador to Castile (1504–1506) and the Holy Roman Empire (1506–1507).