Girolamo Priuli (1486 in

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– 4 November 1567 in Venice) was a Venetian noble, who served as the eighty-third

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, from 1 September 1559 until his sudden death from a stroke in 1567.

History

He was the elder brother of the preceding

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. Girolamo's face is familiar from

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's portrait. Girolamo was the son of Alvise Peruli and his wife Chiara Lion. As a man of culture he seemed insignificant in relation to his brother; ineloquent, he was at first scarcely popular but gained respect through the works embellishing the city that he achieved as doge, in a period, above all, of peace for the ''Repubblica Serenissima''. His early career established him as an able merchant, though not among the most prominent. He served as ''

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''. His marriage with Elena Diedo produced a son who was named Antonio Priuli and he became the 94th Doge of Venice reigning from 1618 until his death.

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* 1486 births 1567 deaths 16th-century Doges of Venice

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