Ordelafo Faliero de Doni (or Dodoni) (died 1117 in
Zadar,
Kingdom of Hungary) was the 34th
Doge of Venice.
Biography
He was the son of the 32nd Doge,
Vitale Faliero
Vitale Faliero Dodoni (also known as Falier de' Doni) and usually known in English as Vitale Falier was the 32nd Doge of Venice from 1084 until his death in 1095.
Life
He was a member of a noble Venetian family, probably from Fano. A ducal counc ...
de' Doni. He was a member of the Minor Council (''minor consiglio''), an assembly formed from members of the so-called "apostolic families" that, in
oligarchical
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Venice, assumed the governmental functions of judges, military councilmen, ambassadors and heads of state.
His first name, which is otherwise unknown in Venetian history, is thought to have been derived from a backwards spelling of the Venetian name "Faledro", or from the
Ordelaffi family, of which the Faliero family is thought to be a stirpe.
During his reign as Doge, Faliero went to
war against the
Croats and
Hungarians, ruled at the time by
Coloman Coloman, es, Colomán (german: Koloman (also Slovak, Czech, Croatian), it, Colomanno, ca, Colomà; hu, Kálmán)
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* Coloman, King of Hungary
* Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria ...
, which lasted from 1105 to 1115. Faliero succeeded in recapturing Zadar and
Šibenik ( it, Sebenico).
Afterwards, Faliero was engaged in an expedition to
Syria
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, comprising 100 Venetian ships, which succeeded in conquering a part of
Acre
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United States
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. Objects from the local Syrian
convent of Christ
Pantocrator were taken back to
Saint Mark's Basilica
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.
In Venice, Faliero established the nucleus of what would become the
Arsenal
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.
He was married to
Matelda
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, traditionally portrayed as an ideal of spousal fidelity.
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He was killed at Zadar during a battle against the Croats and Hungarians.
See also
*'' Pala d'Oro''
References
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11th-century births
1117 deaths
Republic of Venice military personnel killed in action
12th-century Doges of Venice