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Girolamo Priuli (1486 in
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
– 4 November 1567 in Venice) was a Venetian noble, who served as the eighty-third 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 ...
, from 1 September 1559 until his sudden death from a stroke in 1567.
History
He was the elder brother of the precedingdoge
A doge ( , ; plural dogi or doges) was an elected lord and head of state in several Italian city-states, notably Venice and Genoa, during the medieval and renaissance periods. Such states are referred to as " crowned republics".
Etymology
The ...
, Lorenzo Priuli
Lorenzo Priuli (1489 – 17 August 1559) was the 82nd Doge of Venice. Born a member of the Priuli, Priuli family, he reigned from 1556 to 1559. His dogaressa was Zilia Dandolo (d. 1566).
Monumente ai dogi Lorenzo e Gerolamo Priuli (Venezia).jpg ...
. Girolamo's face is familiar from Tintoretto
Tintoretto ( , , ; born Jacopo Robusti; late September or early October 1518Bernari and de Vecchi 1970, p. 83.31 May 1594) was an Italian painter identified with the Venetian school. His contemporaries both admired and criticized the speed with ...
's portrait.
Girolamo was the son of Alvise Peruli and his wife Chiara Lion.
As a man of culture he seemed insignificant in relation to his brother; ineloquent, he was at first scarcely popular but gained respect through the works embellishing the city that he achieved as doge, in a period, above all, of peace for the ''Repubblica Serenissima''.
His early career established him as an able merchant, though not among the most prominent. He served as '' procuratore di San Marco''.
His marriage with Elena Diedo produced a son who was named Antonio Priuli and he became the 94th Doge of Venice reigning from 1618 until his death.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Priuli, Girolamo 1486 births 1567 deaths 16th-century Doges of Venice Girolamo Procurators of Saint Mark