House of Venier

Sebastiano Venier in a portrait by Tintoretto

The Venier were a prominent family in the Republic of Venice who entered the Venetian nobility in the 14th century. Their members include:

• Pietro Venier (died 8 May 1372) who was the Governor of Cerigo
• Antonio Venier (circa 1330 - 23 November 1400) who was Doge of Venice from October 1382 until his death.
• Andrea Venier (fl. 15th century) a provveditore of Venetian Albania
• Francesco Venier who was Doge of Venice from 1554 to 1556
• Sebastiano Venier (c. 1496 – March 3, 1578) who was Doge of Venice from June 11, 1577 to March 3, 1578. He had been an admiral of the Venetian fleet was one of the protagonists in the 1571 Battle of Lepanto

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, and the Croatian town of Vinjerac (once Castel Venier) takes its name from the family.

Sources

• Lane, Frederic Chapin (1973). Venice, a Maritime Republic. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-1460-X. 
• Setton, Kenneth Meyer (1978). The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571. DIANE Publishing. ISBN 0-87169-127-2.