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Encyclopedia > Andrea Contarini

Andrea Contarini was doge of Venice from 1367 to 1382. He served as doge during the War of Chioggia, which was fought between the Venetian Republic and the Republic of Genoa. Grand Procession of the Doge, 16th century For about a thousand years, the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice was styled the Doge, a rare but not unique Italian title derived from the Latin Dux, as the major Italian parallel Duce and the English Duke. ... Events Battle of Najera, Peter I of Castile restored as King. ... Year 1382 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ... The War of Chioggia was a conflict between Genoa and Venice which lasted from 1378 to 1381, from which Venice emerged triumphant. ... The Republic of Venice was a city-state in Venetia in Northeastern Italy, based around the city of Venice. ... The Republic of Genoa, in full the Most Serene Republic of Genoa (known as the Ligurian Republic from 1798 to 1805) was an independent state in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast from ca. ...

Preceded by
Marco Cornaro
Doge of Venice
13671382
Succeeded by
Michele Morosini

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Andrea was elected doge in 1367, and during his reign the See also:
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Sulla patrizia famiglia Contarini," in Il Gondoliere (1843).
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