Orso I Participazio

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Orso I Participazio (died 881) was the fourteenth (traditional) and twelfth (historical) Doge of Venice from 864 to his death.

He was elected immediately after the assassination of his predecessor, Pietro Tradonico, probably by acclamation. By the end of the year, the assassins were captured, convicted, and executed, probably beheaded.

Orso continued like Tradonico to fight the pirates, Slavic or Saracen, which inhabited the Adriatic. He was aided by newly-constructed larger ships. He died a natural death and was succeeded by his son, Giovanni II.

[edit] Sources

• Norwich, John Julius. A History of Venice. Alfred A. Knopf: New York, 1982.

Preceded by Pietro Tradonico

Doge of Venice 864 – 881

Succeeded by Giovanni II Participazio