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Francesco Donà
Francesco Donato ( 1468 – 23 May 1553) was a member of the Donato family of Venice. He was the 79th Doge of Venice from 1545 to 1553. He was married to Giovanna Da Mula and Alicia Giustiniani. Donato served as ambassador to Spain in 1504, to England in 1509, and to Florence in 1512. He maintained Venice's neutrality in the war between Charles V and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, and contributed to the peace treaty with Soliman Soliman an alternative to may refer to: * Soliman (surname), including a list of people with the name * Soliman Kenawy, Egyptian journalist * Soliman, Tunisia, a place See also * Suleiman, a name, including a list of variants * Solomon (disambigua .... Elected Doge at the age of 77, he remained in office until his death in 1553. References 16th-century Doges of Venice 15th-century Italian nobility 1553 deaths 1460s births {{Italy-noble-stub ...
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David Teniers The Younger
David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II (bapt. 15 December 1610 – 25 April 1690) was a Flemish Baroque painter, printmaker, draughtsman, miniaturist painter, staffage painter, copyist and art curator. He was an extremely versatile artist known for his prolific output.Teniers the Younger, David
at the National Gallery of Art
He was an innovator in a wide range of genres such as history painting, genre painting, landscape painting, portrait and still life. He is now best remembered as the leading Flemish genre painter of his day.David Teniers (II)
at the Netherlands Institute for Art History
Teniers is particularly known for develo ...
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Doge Of Venice
The Doge of Venice ( ) – in Italian, was the doge or highest role of authority within the Republic of Venice (697–1797). The word derives from the Latin , meaning 'leader', and Venetian Italian dialect for 'duke', highest official of the republic of Venice for over 1,000 years. In standard Italian, the cognate is '' duce'' ( , ), one of National Fascist Party leader Benito Mussolini's titles. Originally referring to any military leader, it became in the Late Roman Empire the title for a leader of an expeditionary force formed by detachments () from the frontier army (), separate from, but subject to, the governor of a province, authorized to conduct operations beyond provincial boundaries. The Doge of Venice acted as both the head of state and head of the Venetian oligarchy. Doges were elected for life through a complex voting process. History The office and title of doge, in relation to Venetia (region) and Venice (city), emerged from older ducal offices (lat. D ...
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Pietro Lando
Pietro Lando was the Doge of Venice from 1538 to 1545. He had a distinguished career as Captain General of the Sea, but was forced to sign a humiliating peace treaty with Suleiman the Magnificent, Suleiman I in 1540, ceding Venice's last possessions in the Peloponnese to the Ottoman Empire. He was married to Maria Pasqualigo. Biography Youth Pietro Lando, son of Giovanni and Stella Foscari, devoted himself in his youth first to the study of Plato but then, like almost all the young Venetian nobles of his time, to trade in the East, without however getting rich. Back in Venice he devoted himself to forensic art and then traveled a lot, excelling in the art of government and administration since he was repeatedly called to hold city rectories and became several times ambassador of his homeland. He married Maria Pasqualigo, he had two children. Pietro Lando was a descendant of Sgouros Spata, Skurra Bua Shpata. Prison Having obtained numerous administrative assignments, Pietro La ...
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Marcantonio Trivisan
Marcantonio Trevisan (c. 1475 - 31 May 1554), was the 80th Doge of Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ... from 1553 to 1554. References 16th-century Doges of Venice {{Italy-noble-stub ...
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Donà Family
The House of Donà are an old patrician family of Venice which produced three doges of Venice. The family has existed since at least the late twelfth century. Until the sixteenth century, the family were merchants. During that period, they bought land, which supported the family through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Around and throughout the nineteenth century, the family's wealth was significantly diminished due to the influences of the French Revolution and industrialisation. The family is still surviving, and produced a number of business people in the twentieth century. Members Notable members of the ''dalle Rose'' branch of the family include: * Pietro Donà: archbishop, humanist, and patron of art * Girolamo Donà: diplomat, historian, and humanist *Francesco Donà: 79th doge (1545–1553) *Leonardo Donà: 90th doge (1606–1612) Notable members of the ''dalle Trezze'' branch of the family include: *Nicolò Donà: 93rd doge (5 April – 8 May 1618) Pal ...
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Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 438 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po River, Po and the Piave River, Piave rivers (more exactly between the Brenta (river), Brenta and the Sile (river), Sile). As of 2025, 249,466 people resided in greater Venice or the Comune of Venice, of whom about 51,000 live in the historical island city of Venice (''centro storico'') and the rest on the mainland (''terraferma''). Together with the cities of Padua, Italy, Padua and Treviso, Italy, Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million. The name is derived from the ancient Adr ...
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Republic Of Venice
The Republic of Venice, officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and Maritime republics, maritime republic with its capital in Venice. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 by Paolo Lucio Anafesto, over the course of its History of the Republic of Venice, 1,100 years of history it established itself as one of the major European commercial and naval powers. Initially extended in the ''Dogado'' area (a territory currently comparable to the Metropolitan City of Venice), during its history it annexed a large part of Northeast Italy, Istria, Dalmatia, the coasts of present-day Montenegro and Albania as well as numerous islands in the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and eastern Ionian Sea, Ionian seas. At the height of its expansion, between the 13th and 16th centuries, it also governed Crete, Cyprus, the Peloponnese, a number of List of islands of Greece, Greek islands, as well as several cities and ports in the eastern Me ...
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Alicia Giustiniani
Alicia Giustiniani was the Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Francesco Donato (r. 1545–1553). As dogaressa, she, as well as her predecessor Maria Pasqualigo, did what she could to support arts and crafts in Venice. One of her acts was redecorating the apartments of Doge's Palace The Doge's Palace (''Doge'' pronounced ; ; ) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic architecture, Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and th .... Giustiniani was foremost known for her work for the Venetian glass industry of Murano, which suffered from problems and discontent among the workers between 1547 and 1549. Giustiniani was the formal protector of the glass guild. She received their complaints and worked to address them.Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges ', London : T. W. Laurie. p. 250-251 In 1550, she used her influence to reintroduc ...
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Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V (24 February 1500 – 21 September 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria from 1519 to 1556, King of Spain (as Charles I) from 1516 to 1556, and Lord of the Netherlands as titular Duke of Burgundy (as Charles II) from 1506 to 1555. He was heir to and then head of the rising House of Habsburg. His dominions in Europe included the Holy Roman Empire, extending from Germany to northern Italy with rule over the Austrian hereditary lands and Burgundian Low Countries, and Spain with its possessions of the southern Italian kingdoms of Naples, Sicily and Sardinia. In the Americas, he oversaw the continuation of Spanish colonization and a short-lived German colonization. The personal union of the European and American territories he ruled was the first collection of realms labelled " the empire on which the sun never sets". Charles was born in Flanders to Habsburg Archduke Philip the Handsome, son of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Mary of Burg ...
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Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Francis I (Francis Stephen; ; ; ; 8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1745 to 1765, List of rulers of Austria#Dukes and archdukes of Austria under the House of Habsburg, Archduke of Austria from 1740 to 1765, List of kings and dukes of Lorraine#House of Lorraine, Duke of Lorraine and Duchy of Bar, Bar from 1729 to 1737, and List of grand dukes of Tuscany#Habsburg-Lorraine grand dukes of Tuscany, 1737–1801, Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1737 to 1765. He became the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg monarchy, Austria, and Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Tuscany through his marriage to his second cousin Maria Theresa of Austria, daughter of Emperor Charles VI. Francis was the last non-Habsburg monarch of the Empire. The couple were the founders of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty, and their marriage produced sixteen children. Francis was the oldest surviving son of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, and the French princess Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans. Duke Leopo ...
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Soliman
Soliman an alternative to may refer to: * Soliman (surname), including a list of people with the name * Soliman Kenawy, Egyptian journalist * Soliman, Tunisia, a place See also * Suleiman, a name, including a list of variants * Solomon (other) Solomon is a figure identified in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) as the king of Israel, and the son of King David. Solomon may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Solomon'' (Boyce), a 1742 serenata * ''Solomon'' (Handel), a 1748 oratorio ... {{disambiguation, given name Egyptian masculine given names Masculine given names ...
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Doge Francesco Donato
Doge, DoGE or DOGE may refer to: Internet culture * Doge (meme), an Internet meme primarily associated with the Shiba Inu dog breed ** Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency named after the meme ** Kabosu (dog), the dog portrayed in the original Doge image Government Italy * Doge (title), a historical head of state in several Italian city-states, notably: ** Doge of Amalfi ** Doge of Genoa ** Doge of Venice United States * Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a United States temporary organization established by Donald Trump for his second term and led by Elon Musk * United States Digital Service (USDS), a technology unit housed within the Executive Office of the President of the United States, renamed in 2025 to "United States DOGE Service" Science * DOGE (database) (in French, ''Documentation en Gestion des Entreprises''), an academic bibliographic database * DOGE-1, planned cubesat mission Other uses * Caffè del Doge, Italian café franchise * Döge, a village in no ...
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