Pietro I Candiano ( – 18 September 887) was briefly the sixteenth

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in 887.

History

He followed

Orso I Participazio Orso I Participazio (Latin: ''Ursus Particiacus''; died 881), also known as Orso I Badoer, was Doge of Venice from 864 until 881. He was, according to tradition, the fourteenth doge, though historically he is only the twelfth. History He was ele ...

and

Giovanni II Participazio Giovanni II Participazio (or ''Particiaco'') was the thirteenth (historical) or fifteenth (traditional) Doge of Venice after the death of his father, Orso I, in 881 until his resignation in 887. Prior to that, he co-ruled with his father. Histo ...

, elected to the throne at the side of the elderly, and beloved, Giovanni circa April 887. He launched a military attempt against the Narentines in Dalmatia, who were hostile to Venetia after 886. As soon as he became Doge, he advanced with a fleet of twelve galleys to the port of Makarska ( it, Mokro), where he sank five Narentine ships. He landed near Mokro and advanced deeper inland, but the Narentines crushed his forces, killing him in open battle on 18 September 887. He was the first Doge to die in a battle for ''

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'' (Italian for ''The Most Serene'', referring to the Republic of Venice). Following his death, the Venetians began to pay prince

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(879–892) an annual tribute for the right to travel and trade in the

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n part of the Adriatic; between Pietro's death in 887 and 948, no new war was recorded with the Croats, which is thought to show they paid tribute to maintain the peace. Giovanni briefly ruled Venice until a successor could be found for Candiano. It was

Pietro Tribuno Pietro Tribuno (died 912) was the Doge of Venice from 887 to his death. History He was the son of Domenico Tribuno and Agnella, the niece of Pietro Tradonico. He succeeded Pietro I Candiano, following a brief period during which the elderly and ...

, his great-nephew. His son,

Pietro II Candiano Pietro II Candiano ( – 939) was the nineteenth Doge of Venice between 932 and 939. He followed Orso II Participazio (912–932) to become Doge in 932. Career The Candiano family was the most important family of Venice during the tenth century. ...

, also later became Doge.

Sources

* Norwich, John Julius. ''A History of Venice''.

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: New York, 1982.

References

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