Fiorenza Sommaripa (died after 1520) was a Latin noblewoman of the Aegean islands.
Life
She was a daughter of
Nicolò I Sommaripa and his spouse, a woman from the da Pesaro family, whose first name is unknown.
She married in 1479 the Venetian
Zuan Francesco Venier, Co-Lord of Cerigo (died 1518).
Her brother Crusino succeeded their father in Paros at the latter's death ca. 1505.
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* Karl Hopf (historian)
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, ''Chroniques gréco-romanes inédites ou peu connues'', 1873, p.483 He died without issue in late 1517 or early 1518; since he hated her, he had bequeathed the island to a relative, Polimeno Sommaripa.
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The island of Paros was thus disputed among several pretenders, including the Duke of Naxos who claimed it as its overlord after the extinction of its successoral line. However, the Republic of Venice did not wish to see Paros incorporated with Naxos and took it from Naxos claiming that Venice would hold it until the matter of succession could be solved by a senate of experts in Venice.
The senate decided in July 1520
that Fiorenza Venier was its rightful heir and attributed the island to her, which introduced a Venetian dynasty in Paros.
[Miller, William. The Latins in the Levant: A History of Frankish Greece (1204–1566). London: 1908.] She gave the island to her son the same year.
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Nicolò Venier, Lord of Paros Nicolò () is an Italian male given name. Another variation is Niccolò, most common in Tuscany. It may refer to:
* Nicolò Albertini, statesman
* Nicolò Amati, luthier
* Nicolò Barella, Italian footballer
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, lord in 1520-1530.
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Cecilia Venier, lady in 1531-1537.
References
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Year of birth unknown
16th-century women rulers