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Francesco Venier

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Portrait of Francesco Venier by Titian.
Coat of arms of Francesco Venier
Francesco Venier's monument in San Salvador (Venice)

Francesco Venier (1489 – 2 June 1556) was the Doge of Venice from 1554 to his death in 1556.

Venier was the son of Giovanni Venier and Maria Loredan. His maternal grandfather was Doge Leonardo Loredan.

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References

  1. Rosse, J. Willoughby; Blair, John (1859). An index of dates: Comprehending the principal facts in the chronology and history of the world, from the earliest to the present time. Harvard University. p. 888.
Political offices
Preceded byMarcantonio Trivisan Doge of Venice
1554–1556
Succeeded byLorenzo Priuli
Doges of Venice
Byzantine period (697–737)
Regime of the magistri militum (738–742)
Ducal period (742–1148)
8th century
9th century
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* deposed     † executed or assassinated     ‡ killed in battle     ♦ abdicated
Republican period (1148–1797)
12th century
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Marino Faliero (1354–55) was convicted of treason, executed and condemned to damnatio memoriae
* Francesco Foscari (1423–57) was forced to abdicate by the Council of Ten
* Ludovico Manin (1789–97) was forced to abdicate by Napoleon leading to the Fall of the Republic of Venice


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