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Enrico Dandolo

Type Figure Region Venice Time 1107–1205 Also known as Doge of Venice Enrico Dandolo

Enrico Dandolo (c. 1107–1205), Venetian statesman and merchant, doge of Venice 1192–1205, famed for leading the Fourth Crusade's capture of Constanti…

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  1. 1107–1160Venice · VeniceFrom a prominent Venetian family, he was active in the eastern spice and silk trade from 1151–1160, participated in council affairs, maintained commercial contacts with Byzantium and the southern Italian states, and gradually accumulated political capital.
  2. 1160–1192Constantinople · ConstantinopleDue to involvement in Venetian factional struggles he was at one point exiled to Constantinople, honing his diplomacy at the Byzantine court; he returned to Venice in the 1180s and contested the dogeship as a senior statesman.
  3. 1192–1205Venice · Republic of VeniceElected doge in 1192 at nearly ninety, he steered the Fourth Crusade to capture Zara and Constantinople, established the Latin Empire, and greatly expanded Venetian commercial privileges in the Eastern Mediterranean; he died en route in 1205.

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