House of Contarini

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Contarini is an illustrious Venetian family, which furnished eight Doges to the Republic, as well as an array of men eminent in the Church, statecraft, generalship, art, and letters, such as:

• Andrea Contarini (died 1382), Doge of Venice
• Bartolomeo Contarini (15th century), governor of the Duchy of Athens for Francesco I Acciaioli
• Domenico I Contarini (died 1071), Doge of Venice
• Jacopo Contarini (1194-1280), Doge of Venice
• Gasparo Contarini (1483-1542), cardinal and diplomat
• Giovanni Contarini (1549-1605), painter of the Venetian School
• Giovanni Matteo Contarini (died 1507), cartographer
  • Contarini-Rosselli map
• Giacomo Contarini, Venetian mathematician
• Maffio Contarini, (died 1460), Patriarch of Venice
• Salvatore Contarini, Sicilian writer and diplomat
• Alvise Contarini (1601–1684), Doge of Venice
• Ambrose Contarini

See also:

• Ca' d'Oro, Venice
• Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, Venice
• Villa Contarini in Piazzola sul Brenta

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia.