Ancestry

He was a son of Moisé Venier (ca. 1412 – ca. 1476) and wife (m. 1437) Caterina Vitturi, paternal grandson of Biagio Venier (died 1449) and wife (m. 1406) Lucia Contarini, great-grandson of Francesco Venier (died 1424) and wife and cousin Fantina Venier, daughter of Pietro Venier and wife, and great-great-grandson of Pietro Venier, Governor of Cerigo

Pietro Venier, Governor of Cerigo

-Ancestry:He was a son of Marco Venier, fl. in 1347 and 1363, and wife Caterina ..., paternal grandson of Pietro Venier and wife Bonafemena Quirini, and great-grandson of Marco Venier, Lord of Cerigo, and wife.-Marriage and issue:He married .....

, and wife.

Marriage and issue

He married in 1479 Fiorenza Sommaripa, Lady of Paros

Fiorenza Sommaripa, Lady of Paros

-Ancestry:She was a daughter of Nicolò I Sommaripa, Lord of Paros, Tercier of Negroponte, and wife ... da Pesaro.-Marriage and issue:She married in 1479 Zuan Francesco Venier, Co-Lord of Cerigo , and had Nicolò Venier, Lord of Paros and Moisè Venier, who married Elena Donà and had Sebastiano...

 (died 1518), and had Nicolò Venier, Lord of Paros

Nicolò Venier, Lord of Paros

-Ancestry:Nicolò Venier was a son of Zuan Francesco Venier, Co-Lord of Cerigo and his wife Fiorenza Sommaripa, Lady of Paros. He was the brother of Sebastiano Venier, Doge of Venice.-Marriage and issue:...

 and Moisè Venier, who married Elena Donà and had Sebastiano Venier

Sebastiano Venier

Sebastiano Venier was Doge of Venice from June 11, 1577 to March 3, 1578.-Biography:Venier was born in Venice around 1496. He was a son of Moisè Venier and Elena Donà, and a nephew of Zuan Francesco Venier, Co-Lord of Cerigo. He was a paternal grandson of Moisé Venier...

, Doge of Venice

Doge of Venice

The Doge of Venice , often mistranslated Duke was the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice for over a thousand years. Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state's aristocracy. Commonly the person selected as Doge was the shrewdest elder in the city...

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