Giacomo Badoer or Jacopo Badoer ( – 26 December 1537) was a merchant and administrator of the

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. Badoer was born around 1457 to a certain Sebastiano. In 1476, he married Cristina Marcello di Piero. He served in the

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and as a merchant trading with

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. In April 1496, Badoer was elected captain of a galley trading with

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. He returned successfully in November. In 1499, he was named to the '' zonta'' of the

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. In 1500–1501, he served as governor of

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, in which position, Marino Sanuto records, he achieved a certain renown. He was afterwards elected one of the '' Dieci Savi alle Decime'' in charged of Venetian finances. In 1504, Badoer was elected ''bailo'' at Constantinople, but he declined in order to become a senator. On 27 October, the Major Council elected him ''consigliere'' (counsellor) of

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, a position he held from early 1505 until November 1507. He returned to Venice and the senate in 1508. In June 1509, he was named ''

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'' of Corfù, but declined on account of ill health. In August 1510, he was named to a special commission of the ''Dieci Savi''. In 1513, during the

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, Badoer was named ''

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'' (governor) of the

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. He was responsible for coordinating the defence of the ''Patria'' from the Imperial army under Count Krsto Frankopan. On 30 December, Giovanni Vitturi was named ''provveditore generale'' with powers superior to Badoer's. On 12 February 1514, the decision was made to abandon

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and

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and fall back on

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and Osoppo. Badoer and Vitturi went to Sacile. According to , Badoer was accused of cowardice and treason for this decision. The decision proved strategically correct, however, and Badoer returned to Udine on 31 May. He was back in Venice by 15 October. He laid the blame for Imperial successes on the sympathies of the Friulian populace. In 1518, Badoer was named to the

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. In 1521, he was elected to represent Castello in the

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. In 1522, he was named lieutenant of Cyprus. He sat on the Minor Council again in 1525 and 1530. He died on 26 December 1537.

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