Pietro Ziani

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Pietro Ziani (died 13 March 1230) was the forty-third Doge of Venice from 15 August 1205 to 1229, succeededing Enrico Dandolo. He was the son of Doge Sebastian Ziani of the very rich noble family. He was married to Maria Baseggio and Constance of Sicily, Dogaressa of Venice.

In his youth a sailor, he commanded a flotilla escorting the emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1177, took also part in the Fourth Crusade and sacking of Constinople. 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.

In February 1229 he abdicated and in his place a Jacopo Tiepolo was elected, but Ziani refused to meet him and died a year later. He is buried in the church of San Giorgio Maggiore.

Political offices
Preceded by Enrico Dandolo	Doge of Venice 1205 – 1229	Succeeded by Jacopo Tiepolo

Doges of Venice

Byzantine period (697–737)

Paolo Lucio Anafesto Marcello Tegalliano Orso Ipato

Regime of the magistri militum (738–742)

Domenico Leoni Felice Cornicola Teodato Ipato Gioviano Cepanico Giovanni Fabriciaco

Ducal period (742–1148)

Republican period (1148–1797)

Persondata
Name	Ziani, Pietro
Alternative names
Short description	Doge of Venice
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	13 March 1230
Place of death

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