Dandolo

For other uses, see Dandolo (surname).

The House of Dandolo (Italian: [ˈdandolo]) was a patrician family of the Republic of Venice, which produced four Doges of Venice. The progenitor of the family was a merchant named Domenico. The family became more successful by the beginning of the 12th century.^[1]

Dandolo family
Coat of Arms of Dandolo family
Current region	Italy
Place of origin	Ancient Rome (claimed)
Members	Enrico Dandolo (patriarch), Enrico Dandolo, Andrea Dandolo, Giovanni Dandolo, Francesco Dandolo, Emilio Dandolo
Connected members	Lorenzo Priuli (by marriage) Pasquale Malipiero (by marriage)
Connected families	Orseolo family Sanudo family Priuli family Malipiero family
Distinctions	Doge of Venice
Estate(s)	Palazzo Dandolo, Ca' Farsetti

Members

Early members

 

Doge Enrico Dandolo Recruiting for the Crusade.

• Domenico Dandolo (fl. 1085–June 1107), nobleman in San Luca
  • Pietro Dandolo^{[citation needed]}
  • Bono Dandolo^{[citation needed]}
  • Vitale Dandolo, jurist, ambassador to Ferrara and bailo in Constantinople
    • Enrico Dandolo (c. 1107–May 1205), Doge of Venice (1192–1205)
      • Raniero Dandolo (fl. 1204–42), admiral, Procurator and Vice-Doge
        • Anna Dandolo (fl. 1217), Queen of Serbia, third wife of King Stefan the First-Crowned
  • Enrico Dandolo (ca. 1100–1182), Patriarch of Grado
• ?
  • Giberto Dandolo (1220–1279), admiral
    • Giovanni Dandolo, Doge of Venice (1280–89)
• ?
  • Marino Dandolo

14th century

 

Venetian matapan, reign of Francesco Dandolo.

• Andrea Dandolo, great-great-great grandson of Pietro Dandolo^[1]
• Francesco Dandolo

15th century

• Giovanna Dandolo, Dogaressa of Venice (1457–62)

16th century

• Zilia Dandolo, Dogaressa of Venice (1556–59)
• Matteo Dandolo, Ambassador of Venice (1549)

Modern family

• Enrico Dandolo (patriot)
• Emilio Dandolo
• Giorgio Dandolo^{[citation needed]}
• Savas Dandolo
• Niki Dandolou

See also

• Palazzo Dandolo
• Palazzo Dandolo Paolucci

References

1. Madden 2008, p. 12.

Sources

• Madden, Thomas F. (2008). Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice. JHU Press. pp. 12–. ISBN 978-0-8018-9184-7.
• Loredan, Alvise (1981). I Dandolo. Dall'Oglio.

External links

 

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