Donà family

patrician family in Venice, which produced two Doges. The family has existed since at least the late twelveth century.^[2] Until the sixteenth century, the family were merchants.^[3] During that period, they bought land, which supported the family through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.^[4] Around and throughout the nineteenth century, the family's wealth was significantly diminished due to the influences of the French Revolution and Industrialisation.^[5][3] The family is still surviving, and produced a number of businesspeople in the twentieth century.^[6]