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Sebastiano Venier
The Venetian admiral who led Venice’s contingent at Lepanto and was later elected doge. He represented the republic’s decisive contribution to naval warfare against the Ottomans.
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Key details
Birth: 1496 Approximate
Death: 1578 Documented
Role: Admiral / Doge
Dynasty: Venier · ES
Territories: Venice (ES)
Recorded governments and reigns
Doge · Venice · Government Documented1577–1578Effective ruleAn elective office of the Republic of Venice, not a family lordship.
Recorded relationships
No direct relationships are recorded for this person.
Sources for this profile
- Lombardia Beni Culturali · Cronología de los dux de Venecia
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · GND authority record · Venier, Sebastiano
- Treccani · Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.
Evidence for this profile
3 recorded claims · 1 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.
Dates (1/2 with a precise source)
- BirthApproximate
1496
A precise source has not yet been added. - DeathDocumented
1578
The authority record gives the death as 1578.
Governments (1/1 with a precise source)
- GovernmentDocumented
Doge · Venice · 1577–1578
An elective office of the Republic; the series does not imply dynastic ownership of its domains.
Biographical and contextual references (3)
Editorial history
- 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
- 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
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