Pietro Ziani
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (July 2009) |
Pietro Ziani | |
|---|---|
 Grosso of Pietro Ziani | |
| 42nd Doge of Venice | |
| In office 1205–1229 | |
| Preceded by | Enrico Dandolo |
| Succeeded by | Jacopo Tiepolo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown Republic of Venice |
| Died | 13 March 1230 Republic of Venice |
| Spouses | |
| Parent |
|
Pietro Ziani (died in
Sebastian Ziani of the very rich noble family. He was married to Maria Baseggio and Constance of Sicily
.
In his youth a sailor, he commanded a flotilla escorting the emperor
sacking of Constantinople. After his election, Ziani is said to consider the transfer of the capital of the Republic to Constantinople, but eventually the Council decided against it. Instead, he organized the Venetian acquisitions in the territory of the Latin Empire: Crete, Corfu, other islands and the substantial part of Constantinople itself, demanding an oath from the Venetian colony in the city. Ziani established also commercial ties with the post-Byzantine states, signing in 1210 a treaty with the despotate of Epirus under Michael I Komnenos Doukas
.
According to the Cronaca Altinate, he strove to maintain peace with Padua after an incident at a festival in Treviso so that Venice could concentrate on its new Greek territories. He was forced to fend off a Paduan invasion in the War of the Castle of Love (1215).[1]
Ziani abdicated in February 1229. He was succeeded by his brother-in-law, Jacopo Tiepolo, but Ziani refused to meet him and died a year later. He is buried in the church of San Giorgio Maggiore.
References
- ^ Frederick Hamilton Jackson, The Shores of the Adriatic: The Italian Side – An Architectural and Archaeological Pilgrimage (London: John Murray, 1906), 309–313.
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
 | This biography of an Italian noble is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |