Marco Loredan was an 11th-century
Venetian
Venetian often means from or related to:
* Venice, a city in Italy
* Veneto, a region of Italy
* Republic of Venice (697–1797), a historical nation in that area
Venetian and the like may also refer to:
* Venetian language, a Romance language s ...
nobleman of the
Loredan family. He is possibly the oldest known ancestor of the family, besides
Gaius Mucius Scaevola, who is considered the traditional progenitor of the family. According to the 16th-century Italian philosopher
Jacopo Zabarella, he was the first member of the Loredan family to be ascribed to the
Great Council of the
Republic of Venice in 1080, due to his family's nobility, as well as for the wealth they possessed.
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11th-century Venetian people