Paolo Renier (21 November 1710 – 13 February 1789) was a Venetian statesman, the 119th and penultimate

Doge of Venice The Doge of Venice ( ; vec, Doxe de Venexia ; it, Doge di Venezia ; all derived from Latin ', "military leader"), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian '), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 a ...

. He was a noted orator, and served as

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to the

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and to

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. His election as Doge was unpopular, and he was the subject of numerous menacing letters at the time. Renier was succeeded as Doge by

Ludovico Manin Ludovico Giovanni Manin (; ; 14 May 1725 – 24 October 1802) was a Venetian politician, Venetian nobility, patrician, and the List of Doges of Venice, 120th and last Doge of Venice. He governed the Venetian Republic from 9 March 1789 until its ...

, who would be the last Doge of Venice. He married Giustina Donà (d. 1751) in 1733, and Margherita Delmaz (d. 1817) in 1751. Ca' Rezzonico - Giustina Donà dalle Rose Lodovico Gallina.jpg, Giustina Donà dalle Rose (1715–1751) by

Lodovico Gallina Lodovico Gallina (25 August 1752 – 4 January 1787) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Brescia. Born to poor parents in Brescia, he was initially a pupil of Antonio Dusi. Under the patronage of Luigi Chizzola and Faust ...

Italian States-Venice (1779-89) 50 Zecchini.jpg, 50 Zecchini from the reign of Paolo Renier (1779–89), penultimate

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* Ambassadors of the Republic of Venice to Austria 1710 births 1789 deaths Baili of Constantinople 18th-century diplomats 18th-century Italian people 18th-century Doges of Venice Ambassadors of the Republic of Venice to the Ottoman Empire {{Italy-politician-stub