Dandolo

Patrician family of the Republic of Venice

Dandolo family
Coat of Arms of Dandolo family
Current region	Italy
Place of origin	Ancient Rome (claimed)
Members	Enrico Dandolo (patriarch), Enrico Dandolo, Andrea Dandolo, Giovanni Dandolo, Francesco Dandolo, Emilio Dandolo
Connected members	Lorenzo Priuli (by marriage) Pasquale Malipiero (by marriage)
Connected families	Orseolo family Sanudo family Priuli family Malipiero family
Distinctions	Doge of Venice
Estate(s)	Palazzo Dandolo, Ca' Farsetti

The House of Dandolo (Italian: [ˈdandolo]) was a patrician family of the Republic of Venice, which produced four Doges of Venice. The progenitor of the family was a merchant named Domenico. The family became more successful by the beginning of the 12th century.^[1]

Members

Early members

Domenico Dandolo (fl. 1085–June 1107), nobleman in San Luca
- Pietro Dandolo^{[citation needed]}
- Bono Dandolo^{[citation needed]}
- Vitale Dandolo, jurist, ambassador to Ferrara and bailo in Constantinople
  - Enrico Dandolo (c. 1107–May 1205), Doge of Venice (1192–1205)
    - Raniero Dandolo (fl. 1204–42), admiral, Procurator and Vice-Doge
      - Anna Dandolo (fl. 1217), Queen of Serbia, third wife of King Stefan the First-Crowned
- Enrico Dandolo (ca. 1100–1182), Patriarch of Grado
?
- Giberto Dandolo (1220–1279), admiral
  - Giovanni Dandolo, Doge of Venice (1280–89)
?
- Marino Dandolo

14th century

Andrea Dandolo, great-great-great grandson of Pietro Dandolo^[1]
Francesco Dandolo

15th century

Giovanna Dandolo, Dogaressa of Venice (1457–62)

16th century

Zilia Dandolo, Dogaressa of Venice (1556–59)
Matteo Dandolo, Ambassador of Venice (1549)

Modern family

Enrico Dandolo (patriot)
Emilio Dandolo
Giorgio Dandolo^{[citation needed]}
Savas Dandolo
Niki Dandolou

References

^ ^a ^b Madden 2008, p. 12.

Sources

Madden, Thomas F. (2008). Enrico Dandolo and the Rise of Venice. JHU Press. pp. 12–. ISBN 978-0-8018-9184-7.
Loredan, Alvise (1981). I Dandolo. Dall'Oglio.