Marino Faliero

Marino Faliero
Marino Faliero, Dux LV by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz (1883, Museo del Prado)
55th Doge of Venice
In office
11 September 1354 – 15 April 1355
Preceded byAndrea Dandolo
Succeeded byGiovanni Gradenigo
Personal details
Bornc. 1285
Venice, Venetian Republic
Died17 April 1355 (aged 81)
Venice, Venetian Republic
Spouse(s)NA. Contarini
Alvica Gradenigo
Children2
ProfessionPatrician, statesman

Marino Faliero (Venetian: Marin Falier, 1274 – 17 April 1355) was the 55th Doge of Venice, appointed in September 1354. He was executed for attempting a coup d'etat.[1]

  1. ^ Villari, Luigi (1911). "Faliero, Marino" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 148.

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