The ''bailo'' and captain of Negroponte was the representative of the

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stationed at

Chalcis Chalcis ( ; Ancient Greek & Katharevousa: , ) or Chalkida, also spelled Halkida (Modern Greek: , ), is the chief town of the island of Euboea or Evia in Greece, situated on the Euripus Strait at its narrowest point. The name is preserved from ...

(Negroponte) on the island of

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. The ''bailo'' played an important role as the mediator between, and ''de facto'' overlord of, the triarchs of Euboea, who had their common residence in Negroponte. The triarchies were created by the division of the island between three rulers (triarchs) after its conquest following the

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(1204). The Venetian title ''

bailo ''Bailo'' or ''baylo'' (plural ''baili'' or ''bayli'') is a Venetian title that derives from the Latin term '' baiulus'', meaning "porter, bearer". In English, it may be translated bailiff, or otherwise rendered as bailey, baili, bailie, bailli ...

'' (plural ''baili'') derives from the

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''baiulus''. In English, it may be translated bailiff, or otherwise rendered as bailey, baili, bailie, bailli or baillie.

List of ''baili''

:Notes: ''maggiore'' = "the elder"; ''q.'' = quondam = "son of the late" *1216–???? Pietro Barbo il Zanco *1222–1224 Benedetto Falier *1224–1252 ???? *1252–1254 Leone Sanudo *1254–1256 Paolo Gradenigo *1256–1258 Marco Gradenigo *1258 Tommaso Giustiniani *1258–1261

Andrea Barozzi Andrea Barozzi () was a Venetian nobleman. He served as official and military commander for the Venetian Republic. Life Andrea was the firstborn son of Iacopo Barozzi, a Venetian official who was duke of Candia . Beginning with Karl Hopf in the ...

*1261–1263 Andrea Barbarigo *1263–1265 Nicolò Barbarigo *1265–1266 Gilberto Dandolo *1266–1267 Filippo Orio *1268–1270 Andrea Dandolo, at 417. (Hopf puts him in 1268–1269) *? ''1269–1271 Andrea Zeno'' *1270–1271 Andrea Barozzi (not in Hopf) *1271–1273 Nicolò Miglani *1273–1274

Marco Bembo Marco Bembo was a Venetian diplomat and colonial official in the 1260s and 1270s. Along with Pietro Zeno, he negotiated the ten-year peace treaty with the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, signed at Constantinople on 4 April 1268. In 12 ...

(Hopf puts him in 1267–1268) *1273/4–1275 Vettore Dolfin *1275–1276 Nicolò Quirini *? ''1276–1277 Andrea Dandolo Beretta'' *1276–1277 Pietro Zeno (Hopf puts him in 1277–1278) *1277–1279

Jacopo Dondulo Jacopo Dondulo ( it, Giacomo Dondulo or ; ) was a Venetian sailor, military commander, and politician in the 13th century. He played a distinguished role in the naval conflicts of the War of Saint Sabas against the Republic of Venice, leading the ...

(not in Hopf) *1278–1280 Nicolò Morosini Rosso *1280–1282 Nicolò Falier *1282–1283 Andrea Zeno *1283–1285 Giovanni Zeno *1285–1287 Jacopo da Molino *1287–1289 Marino Soranzo *1289–1291 Marco Michieli *1291–1293 Nicolò Giustiniani *1293–1295 ???? *1295–1297

Jacopo II Barozzi Iacopo, or Jacopo (II) Barozzi (died 1308), was a Venetian nobleman and the first lord of Santorini in the Cyclades. He also occupied several high-ranking colonial positions for the Venetian Republic. Life Iacopo Barozzi was the firstborn son of ...

*1297–1299 Francesco Contarini *1299–1300 Giovanni da Canale *1300–1302 Andrea Zeno *1302–1304

Francesco Dandolo Monument to Doge Francesco Dandolo Francesco Dandolo (died 1339) was the 52nd Doge of Venice. He ruled from 1329 to 1339. During his reign Venice began its policy of extending its territory on the Italian mainland. Family The Dandolo fam ...

*1304–1306 Pietro Mocenigo *1306–1308 Pietro Quirini Pizzagallo *1308–1310 Belletto Falier *1310–1312 Luigi Morosini *1312–1314 Enrico Dolfin *1314–1316 Gabriele Dandolo *1316–1317 Michele Morosini *1317–1319

(second time) *1319–1321 Lodovico Morosini *1321–1322 Gabriele Dandolo *1322–1323 Marco Michieli *1323–1325 Marino Falier *1325–1327 Marco Minotto *1327–1329 Marco Gradenigo ''q.'' Pietro *1329–1331 Filippo Belegno *1331–1333

Pietro Zeno Pietro Zeno (died 1427), was lord of Andros from 1384 until his death in 1427, and a distinguished diplomat in the service of the Republic of Venice. Life Pietro Zeno was the son of the Venetian ''bailo'' at Negroponte, also named Pietro Zeno. ...

*1333–1335 Belello Civran *1335–1337 Nicolò Priuli * 1337 Pietro Quirini (not in the ''Rulers of Venice'' database) *1337–1338 Andrea Dandolo * 1338 Nicolò Priuli *1339–1341 Benedetto da Molin *1341–1343 Pancrazio Giustiniani *1343–1345 Nicolò Gradenigo *1345–1347 Marco Soranzo *1347–1349 Giovanni Dandolo *1349–1351 Tommaso Viaro *1351–1353 Nicolò Quirini *1353–1356 Michele Falier *1356–1358 Giovanni Dandolo *1358–1360 Pietro Morosini *1360–1362 Fantino Morosini *1362–1364 Pietro Gradenigo *1364–1366 Domenico Michieli *1366–1368 Giovanni Giustiniani *1368–1370 Andrea Zeno *1370–1372 Giovanni Dolfin *1372–1374 Bartolommeo Quirini *1374–1376 Pietro Mocenigo *1376–1378 Andrea Barbarigo *1378–1379

Carlo Zeno Carlo Zeno (or Zen) (1333 – 8 March 1418) was an Italian admiral from Venice, who is considered a hero of the War of Chioggia against the Republic of Genoa. Early life Destined for an ecclesiastical career, Zeno studied at Padua, but dedicat ...

*1379–1381

Pantaleone Barbo Pantaleone Barbo was a distinguished diplomat of the Venetian Republic. He was the Venetian ambassador to Constantinople, and became the first bailo of Corfu in 1389. Amongst his other diplomatic appointments, he served as ''Provveditore'' of Cr ...

*1381–1383 Andrea Zeno *1383–1384 Marino Storlado *1384–1386 Fantino Giorgio *1386–1387 Donato Trono *1387–1389 Saracino Dandolo *1389–1391 Guglielmo Quirini *1391–1393 Gabriele Emo *1393–1395 Andrea Bembo *1395–1397

(second time) *1397–1399 Giovanni Alberto *1399–1401 Nicolò Valaresso *1401–1402 Francesco Bembo *1402–1403

Tommaso Mocenigo Tommaso Mocenigo (1343–1423) was ''doge'' (chief magistrate) of the Republic of Venice from 1414 until his death. Biography He commanded the crusading fleet in the expedition to Nicopolis in 1396 and also won battles against the Genoes ...

*1403–1405 Bernardo Foscarini *1405–1408 Francesco Bembo *1408–1410 Nicolò Venier ''q.'' Sergio *1410–1412 Paolo Quirini ''q.'' Romeo *1412–1414 Benedetto Trevisani da San Barnaba *1414–1416 Nicolò Giorgio ''q.'' Bernardo *1416–1418 Vidale Miani ''maggiore'' *1418–1420 Nicolò Malipiero ''q''. Perazzo *1420–1422 Marco Cornaro *1422–1424 Daniele Loredano ''q''. Fantino *1424–1425 Donato Arimondo ''maggiore'' *1425–1427 Antonio Michieli ''maggiore'' *1427–1429 Andrea Capello ''maggiore'' *1429–1430 Nicolò Loredano ''q''. Fantino *1430–1431 Luigi Polani (''vicebailo'') *1431–1432 Andrea Gabrieli *1432–1434 Maffio Donato ''q''. Marco *1434–1436 Albano Sagredo ''maggiore'' *1436–1438 Melchiorre Grimani ''maggiore'' *1438–1440 Fantino Pisani ''maggiore'' *1440–1442 Nicolò Buono ''q''. Alessandro *1442–1444 Bertuccio Civrano ''q''. Pietro *1444–1446 Matteo Barbaro ''q''. Antonio *1446–1448 Vettore Duodo ''maggiore'' *1448 Fantino Pisani *1448–1451 Giovanni Malipiero ''q''. Perazzo *1451–1453 Lorenzo Onorati ''maggiore'' *1453–1454 Paolo Loredano *1454–1456 Angelo da Pesaro ''q''. Nicolò **1454–1456 Carlo Morosini (''capitano'') *1456–1459 Girolamo Bembo ''maggiore'' **1456–1458 Francesco Loredano (''capitano'') **1458–1460 Paolo Barbarigo ''q''. Nicolò (''capitano'') *1459–1461 Leone Venier **1460–1462 Antonio Quirini ''q''. Quirino *1461–1463 Leonardo Calbo ''q''. Zanotto **1462–1464 Giovanni Dandolo ''q''. Benedetto *1463–1465 Fantino Giorgio ''q''. Giovanni **1464–1466 Giovanni Bembo ''q''. Ettore *1465–1468 Francesco Gradenigo ''q''. Jacopo **1466–1467 Giovanni Bondumier ''q''. Antonio (''capitano'') **1467–1469 Nicolò da Canale (''capitano'') *1468–1470 Paolo Erizzo ''q''. Marco **1469–1470 Luigi Calbo ''q''. Zanotto (''capitano'')

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* * {{cite web , last = Kohl , first = Benjamin G. , last2 = Mozzato , first2 = Andrea , last3 = O'Connell , first3 = Monique , title = The Rulers of Venice, 1332-1524 , url = https://rulersofvenice.org/ , accessdate = 4 July 2020 , ref={{harvid, Rulers of Venice , isbn = 1-59740-264-8 Lists of governors Republic of Venice-related lists

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