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Pietro Ziani

Type Figure Region Venice Time c. 1150–1230 Also known as Doge Ziani of Venice

Pietro Ziani (c. 1150–1230) was the 42nd Doge of Venice, succeeding Enrico Dandolo in 1205 and abdicating in 1229, consolidating Venetian holdings in…

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  1. c. 1170–1204Venice · VeniceSon of Doge Sebastiano Ziani, he was a sailor in his youth, once leading a fleet to escort Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, and taking part in the Fourth Crusade and the fall of Constantinople, laying the foundation of reputation and wealth for his later rule of the republic.
  2. 1205–1210Venice · VeniceAfter Enrico Dandolo's death he was elected 42nd doge, setting about consolidating Venetian territories and colonial institutions in the Latin Empire, Crete, Corfu, and elsewhere after the crusade, and discussing whether to move the republic's capital to Constantinople, a proposal ultimately rejected by the Senate.
  3. 1211–1220Venice · VeniceIn 1210 he concluded a treaty with Michael I Komnenos Doukas, despot of Epirus, expanding trade ties with the Byzantine successor states; meanwhile he administered Crete and the Aegean islands, and around 1215 repelled an invasion from Padua, maintaining the republic's commercial and military presence in the eastern Mediterranean.
  4. 1221–1230Venice · VeniceHe voluntarily abdicated in February 1229, succeeded by his in-law Jacopo Tiepolo; after retiring he refused to see the new doge, and died in Venice the following year, buried in the church of San Giorgio Maggiore.

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