Nicolò Navigajoso was a
Venetian
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diplomat and
colonial
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official in the 1260s and 1270s.
In 1265 he was sent as ambassador to the
Byzantine
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capital,
Constantinople
la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه
, alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...
, along with
Pietro Badoerio. In 1268–69 he was
castellan
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of
Coron in the
Morea
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, together with
Nicolò Miglani Nicolò Miglani was a Venetian diplomat and colonial official in the 1260s and 1270s.
In 1268–69 he was castellan of Coron in the Morea, together with Nicolò Navigajoso, who was likely the senior of the two. He went on to serve as Bailo of Neg ...
, who was likely the junior of the two. He was sent as one of a three-member embassy to
Pope Gregory X
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in 1272, and, again along with Miglani, as ambassador to
Serbia
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(Rascia) in 1275, after the Serbian king
Stefan Uroš I
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had attacked
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Navazosio, Nicolo
13th-century births
13th-century Venetian people
Ambassadors of the Republic of Venice
Venetian governors
Ambassadors to the Byzantine Empire
Ambassadors to Serbia