Ruler · 901 – 979

Vitale Candiano

Lived 901 – 979; politician. Doge of Venice of Republic of Venice, 978 – 979.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 901 – 979; 78 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 1; Republic of Venice
Left it: abdicated; the ruler's own article

Doge of Venice

Republic of Venice · the 23rd of 121 dated reigns · 717 – 1797

19 before

Pietro III Candiano942 – 959

Pietro IV Candiano959 – 976

Pietro I Orseolo976 – 978

Vitale Candiano978 – 979

Tribuno Memmo979 – 991

Pietro II Orseolo991 – 1009

Otto Orseolo1009 – 1026

95 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 978 – 979 · 1 year · came to it aged 77

Left it: abdicatedread from the ruler's own article

Fourteen months after being elected, Vitale Candiano abdicated, for health reasons.

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