Palazzo Loredan a San Cancian is a palace of the San Cancian branch of the Loredan family located at Calle Larga Widmann in the

Cannaregio Cannaregio () is the northernmost of the six historic ''sestieri'' (districts) of Venice. It is the second largest ''sestiere'' by land area and the largest by population, with 13,169 people . Isola di San Michele, the historic cemetery island, ...

district of Venice, near the Church of San Canciano after which it was named. The San Cancian branch of the Loredan family produced an illustrious dynasty of admirals and politicians including Pietro Loredan (1372–1438),

Alvise Loredan Alvise Loredan (1393 – 6 March 1466) was a Venetian nobleman of the Loredan family. At a young age he became a galley captain, and served with distinction as a military commander, with a long record of battles against the Ottomans, from the ...

(1393–1466),

Giacomo Loredan Giacomo Loredan (1396-1471) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian nobleman, admiral and military general of the House of Loredan, Loredan family, who served as Captain of the Gulf and three times as Captain General of the Sea in the Venetian navy, V ...

(1396–1471),

Giorgio Loredan Giorgio Loredan (died 1475) was a Venetian nobleman, admiral, military general and politician of the Loredan family, known for investigating political crimes and scandals as head of the Council of Ten. Early life and family Giorgio Loredan was ...

(d. 1475),

Antonio Loredan Antonio Loredan ( lat, Antonius Lauretanus) (1420 – August 1482) was a member of the Venetian noble family of Loredan, captain of Venetian-held Scutari (Shkodër in modern Albania) and governor in Split (Venetian Dalmatia), Albania Veneta ...

(1446–1514), as well as the

Duke of Candia This is a list of the rulers and governors of the island of Crete throughout its history. Antiquity Crete was conquered for the Roman Republic by Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus in 69 BC and united with the Cyrenaica in the Roman province, p ...

Giovanni Loredan (d. 1420).

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