Pietro Gradenigo (1251 – 13 August 1311) was the 49th Doge of Venice, reigning from 1289 to his death. When he was elected Doge, he was serving as the...

defeating Croatia and conquering some Dalmatian territory in 1000, Doge Pietro II Orseolo adopted the title dux Dalmatiae, 'Duke of Dalmatia', or in its...

member of the noble Gradenigo [it] family and was a granddaughter of Doge Pietro Gradenigo. Her parents were Fiordelise and Nicolo Gradenigo. She was born by...

Pietro II Orseolo (961−1009) was the Doge of Venice from 991 to 1009, and a member of the House of Orseolo. He began the period of eastern expansion of...

this came about because the dogaressa, Faliero's second wife, Aluycia Gradenigo, had been insulted by Michele Steno, a member of an aristocratic family...

maternal grandparents were Jacopo I da Carrara and Anna Gradenigo, daughter of Pietro Gradenigo, Doge of Venice and Tommasina Morosini. On 27 September...

the nomination, and the Great Council proceeded with the election of Pietro Gradenigo. This was a critical moment: had the mob prevailed, the trajectory...

(1695–1775) and Lucrezia Maria Basadonna, the great-granddaughter of cardinal Pietro Basadonna. He attended the University of Bologna and was a boarder at the...

Horsemen (1964) as Frate Carmelo Gentlemen of the Night (1964) as Doge Pietro Gradenigo Berlin, Appointment for the Spies (1965) as Boris Seven Golden Men...

d'état failed and the establishment of a lordship was averted, Doge Pietro Gradenigo established the Council of Ten, which was assigned the task of repressing...