State · 697 – 1797
Republic of Venice
A state of 697 – 1797 — 1,100 years in Europe. It replaced Patria del Friuli, Signoria of Verona and Lordship of Padua and followed Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire). It was replaced by Cisalpine Republic, Republic of Brescia and French occupation of the Republic of Venice and 1 more and followed by Ottoman Empire, Austrian Empire and Republic of Bergamo and 1 more. The atlas records 174 things within it — wars and battles 25 · unrest and atrocity 1 · natural disasters 1 · treaties 2 · people 145. Its line of rulers holds 123 people, 121 with dated terms.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 1,100 years
- 697 – 1797
- Rulers
- 123
- the Doge of Venice
- Most ground
- 65,100 km²
- in 1687
- Within it
- 174
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 6
- on record, with years
705 · first mapped · 2,600 km²
1687 · at its largest · 65,100 km²
1796 · last mapped · 38,700 km²
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Patria del Friuli · replaces · 1077 – 1433
- Signoria of Verona · replaces
- Lordship of Padua · replaces
- Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire) · follows · 774 – 1806
After it
- Austrian Empire · followed by · 1804 – 1867
- Cisalpine Republic · replaced by · 1797 – 1802
- Republic of Brescia · replaced by · 1797
- French occupation of the Republic of Venice · replaced by
- Provisional Municipality of Venice · replaced by
- Ottoman Empire · followed by · 1302 – 1922
- Republic of Bergamo · followed by · 1797
- First French rule in the Ionian Islands · followed by
Rulers
The line of Doge of Venice.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcello Tegalliano | 717 – 726 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Orso Ipato | 726 – 737 | 11 years | killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Teodato Ipato | 742 – 755 | 13 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Galla Gaulo | 755 – 756 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Domenico Monegario | 756 – 764 | 8 years | ending not on record | |
| Maurizio Galbaio | 764 – 797 | 33 years | ending not on record | |
| Giovanni Galbaio | 797 – 803 | 6 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Obelerio degli Antenori | 804 – 810 | 6 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Agnello Participazio | 810 – 827 | 17 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Giustiniano Participazio | 827 – 829 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Giovanni I Participazio | 829 – 836 | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pietro Tradonico | 836 – 864 | 28 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | |
| Orso I Participazio | 864 – 881 | 17 years | ending not on record | |
| Giovanni II Participazio | 881 – 887 | 6 years | ending not on record | |
| Pietro I Candiano | 887 – 888 | 1 year | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Pietro Tribuno | 887 – 911 | 24 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Orso II Participazio | 912 – 932 | 20 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Pietro II Candiano | 932 – 939 | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pietro Participazio | 939 – 942 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pietro III Candiano | 942 – 959 | 17 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pietro IV Candiano | 959 – 976 | 17 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Pietro I Orseolo | 976 – 978 | 2 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Vitale Candiano | 978 – 979 | 1 year | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Tribuno Memmo | 979 – 991 | 12 years | ending not on record | |
| Pietro II Orseolo | 991 – 1009 | 18 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Otto Orseolo | 1009 – 1026 | 17 years | exiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | child |
| Pietro Barbolano | 1026 – 1032 | 6 years | deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Domenico Flabanico | 1032 – 1041 | 9 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Domenico I Contarini | 1043 – 1071 | 28 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Domenico Selvo | 1071 – 1084 | 13 years | ending not on record | |
| Vitale Faliero | 1084 – 1095 | 11 years | ending not on record | |
| Vitale I Michiel | 1096 – 1102 | 6 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Ordelafo Faliero | 1102 – 1117 | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Domenico Michiel | 1117 – 1129 | 12 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pietro Polani | 1130 – 1147 | 17 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | in-law |
| Domenico Morosini | 1148 – 1156 | 8 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Vitale II Michiel | 1155 – 1172 | 17 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Sebastiano Ziani | 1172 – 1178 | 6 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Orio Mastropiero | 1178 – 1192 | 14 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Enrico Dandolo | 1192 – 1205 | 13 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pietro Ziani | 1205 – 1229 | 24 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Jacopo Tiepolo | 1229 – 1249 | 20 years | abdicated, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Marino Morosini | 1249 – 1253 | 4 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Reniero Zeno | 1253 – 1268 | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Lorenzo Tiepolo | 1268 – 1275 | 7 years | ending not on record | |
| Jacopo Contarini | 1275 – 1280 | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Giovanni Dandolo | 1280 – 1289 | 9 years | ending not on record | |
| Pietro Gradenigo | 1289 – 1311 | 22 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Marino Zorzi | 1311 – 1312 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Giovanni Soranzo | 1312 – 1329 | 17 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Francesco Dandolo | 1329 – 1339 | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Bartolomeo Gradenigo | 1339 – 1343 | 4 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Andrea Dandolo | 1343 – 1354 | 11 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Marino Faliero | 1354 – 1355 | 1 year | executedWikidata's manner of death | |
| Giovanni Gradenigo | 1355 – 1356 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Giovanni Dolfin | 1356 – 1361 | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Lorenzo Celsi | 1361 – 1365 | 4 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Marco Cornaro | 1365 – 1368 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Andrea Contarini | 1368 – 1382 | 14 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Michele Morosini | 1382 – 1382 | under a year | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Antonio Venier | 1382 – 1400 | 18 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Michele Steno | 1400 – 1414 | 14 years | the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone | |
| Tommaso Mocenigo | 1414 – 1423 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Francesco Foscari | 1423 – 1457 | 34 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pasquale Malipiero | 1457 – 1462 | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Cristoforo Moro | 1462 – 1471 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Nicolò Tron | 1471 – 1473 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Nicolò Marcello | 1473 – 1474 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pietro Mocenigo | 1474 – 1476 | 2 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Andrea Vendramin | 1476 – 1478 | 2 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Giovanni Mocenigo | 1478 – 1485 | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Marco Barbarigo | 1485 – 1486 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Agostino Barbarigo | 1486 – 1501 | 15 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Leonardo Loredan | 1501 – 1521 | 20 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Antonio Grimani | 1521 – 1523 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Andrea Gritti | 1523 – 1538 | 15 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Pietro Lando | 1538 – 1545 | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Francesco Donato | 1545 – 1553 | 8 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Marcantonio Trivisan | 1553 – 1554 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Francesco Venier | 1554 – 1556 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Lorenzo Priuli | 1556 – 1559 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Girolamo Priuli | 1559 – 1567 | 8 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Pietro Loredan | 1567 – 1570 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Alvise I Mocenigo | 1570 – 1577 | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Sebastiano Venier | 1577 – 1578 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Nicolò da Ponte | 1578 – 1585 | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pasquale Cicogna | 1585 – 1595 | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Morosina Morosini | 1595 – 1605 | 10 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Marino Grimani | 1595 – 1605 | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | spouse |
| Leonardo Donato | 1606 – 1612 | 6 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Marcantonio Memmo | 1612 – 1615 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Giovanni Bembo | 1615 – 1618 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Nicolò Donato | 1618 – 1618 | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Antonio Priuli | 1618 – 1623 | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Francesco Contarini | 1623 – 1624 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Giovanni I Cornaro | 1625 – 1629 | 4 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Nicolò Contarini | 1630 – 1631 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Francesco Erizzo | 1631 – 1646 | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Francesco Molin | 1646 – 1655 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Carlo Contarini | 1655 – 1656 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Francesco Cornaro | 1656 – 1656 | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Bertuccio Valier | 1656 – 1658 | 2 years | lost an election, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Giovanni Pesaro | 1658 – 1659 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Domenico II Contarini | 1659 – 1675 | 16 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Nicolò Sagredo | 1675 – 1676 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Giovanni Sagredo | 1676 – 1676 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Alvise Contarini | 1676 – 1684 | 8 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Marcantonio Giustinian | 1684 – 1688 | 4 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Francesco Morosini | 1688 – 1694 | 6 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Silvestro Valier | 1694 – 1700 | 6 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Alvise II Mocenigo | 1700 – 1709 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Giovanni II Cornaro | 1709 – 1722 | 13 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Alvise III Mocenigo | 1722 – 1732 | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Carlo Ruzzini | 1732 – 1735 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Alvise Pisani | 1735 – 1741 | 6 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Pietro Grimani | 1741 – 1752 | 11 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Francesco Loredan | 1752 – 1762 | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Marco Foscarini | 1762 – 1763 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo | 1763 – 1778 | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Paolo Renier | 1779 – 1789 | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Ludovico Manin | 1789 – 1797 | 8 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone |
123 rulers, 121 with terms dated as terms, covering 717 – 1797. Median reign 7 years. 10 of 120 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
2,600 km² in 747, 45,000 km² in 1747; at its largest 64,700 km² in 1697. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedCoat of Arms of the Republic of Venice · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sodacan 
flag, undatedFlag of the Serene Republic of Venice · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Samhanin 
flag, undatedFlag of Most Serene Republic of Venice · Public domain 
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Republic of Venice · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Facquis 
coat of arms, undatedGreater coat of arms of the Republic of Venice, 1706 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Constantine Plakidas .svg/120px-Flag_of_Republic_of_Venice_(1659-1675).svg.png)
flag, from 1659Flag of Republic of Venice (1659-1675) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Facquis i The source code of this SVG is invalid due to 268 errors. This W3C- invalid fla…
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
700 – 7997 rows
- Paolo Lucio Anafesto · ruler · 700 – 717
- Marcello Tegalliano · ruler · 700 – 726
- Galla Gaulo · ruler · 750 – 756
- Teodato Ipato · ruler · 750 – 800
- Pietro Tradonico · ruler · 750 – 864
- Maurizio Galbaio · ruler · 701 – 797
- Giovanni I Participazio · ruler · 750 – 836
800 – 8998 rows
- Agnello Participazio · ruler · 800 – 827
- Giustiniano Participazio · ruler · 800 – 829
- Pietro I Candiano · ruler · 842 – 887
- Obelerio degli Antenori · ruler · 800 – 831
- Giovanni Galbaio · ruler · 800 – 804
- Pietro II Candiano · ruler · 872 – 939
- Orso I Participazio · ruler · 801 – 881
- Giovanni II Participazio · ruler · 801 – 887
900 – 99912 rows
- Pietro II Orseolo · ruler · 961 – 1009
- Pietro I Orseolo · ruler · 928 – 987
- Tribuno Memmo · ruler · 901 – 991
- Otto Orseolo · ruler · 993 – 1032
- Pietro Participazio · ruler · 900 – 942
- Pietro IV Candiano · ruler · 901 – 976
- Vitale Candiano · ruler · 901 – 979
- Pietro Tribuno · ruler · 900 – 911
and 4 more in the atlas.
1000 – 10995 rows
- Vitale Faliero · ruler · 1001 – 1095
- Ordelafo Faliero · ruler · 1070 – 1117
- Domenico Michiel · ruler · 1050 – 1130
- Pietro Polani · ruler · 1098 – 1148
- Domenico Morosini · ruler · 1080 – 1156
1100 – 11999 rows
- Enrico Dandolo · ruler · 1107 – 1205
- Sebastiano Ziani · ruler · 1102 – 1178
- Jacopo Tiepolo · ruler · 1160 – 1249
- Vitale II Michiel · ruler · 1150 – 1172
- Pietro Ziani · ruler · 1153 – 1229
- Vitale I Michiel · ruler · 1100 – 1102
- Orio Mastropiero · ruler · 1150 – 1192
- Marino Morosini · ruler · 1181 – 1253
and 1 more in the atlas.
1200 – 129917 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Marco Polo · explorer · 1254 – 1324
- Odoric of Pordenone · explorer · 1286 – 1331
- Marino Faliero · ruler · 1274 – 1355
- Lorenzo Tiepolo · ruler · 1201 – 1275
- Pietro Gradenigo · ruler · 1251 – 1311
- Reniero Zeno · ruler · 1200 – 1268
- Giovanni Dandolo · ruler · 1201 – 1289
- Marino Zorzi · ruler · 1231 – 1312
and 9 more in the atlas.
1300 – 139917 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Pope Eugene IV · philosopher · 1383 – 1447
- Francesco Foscari · ruler · 1373 – 1457
- Andrea Dandolo · ruler · 1306 – 1354
- Tommaso Mocenigo · ruler · 1343 – 1423
- Michele Steno · ruler · 1331 – 1413
- Cristoforo Moro · ruler · 1390 – 1471
- Giovanni Dolfin · ruler · 1303 – 1361
- Treaty of Zadar · treaty · 1358
and 9 more in the atlas.
1400 – 149925 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Titian · artist · 1488 – 1576
- Pope Paul II · religious leader · 1417 – 1471
- John Cabot · person · 1450 – 1498
- Gentile Bellini · artist · 1429 – 1507
- Antonio Pigafetta · explorer · 1490 – 1530
- Andrea Gritti · ruler · 1455 – 1539
- Sebastiano Venier · ruler · 1496 – 1578
- Leonardo Loredan · ruler · 1436 – 1521
and 17 more in the atlas.
1500 – 159930 rows · 5 wars and battles
- El Greco · artist · 1541 – 1614
- Claudio Monteverdi · artist · 1567 – 1643
- Jacopo Tintoretto · artist · 1518 – 1594
- Paolo Veronese · artist · 1528 – 1588
- Ottoman–Venetian War · war · 1570 – 1573
- Pasquale Cicogna · ruler · 1509 – 1595
- Francesco Molin · ruler · 1575 – 1655
- Marino Grimani · ruler · 1532 – 1605
and 22 more in the atlas.
1600 – 169922 rows · 7 wars and battles
- Antonio Vivaldi · artist · 1678 – 1741
- Cretan War · war · 1645 – 1669
- Francesco Morosini · ruler · 1619 – 1694
- Morean War · war · 1684 – 1699
- Carlo Ruzzini · ruler · 1653 – 1735
- Alvise II Mocenigo · ruler · 1628 – 1709
- Alvise Pisani · ruler · 1664 – 1741
- Francesco Loredan · ruler · 1685 – 1762
and 14 more in the atlas.
1700 – 179921 rows · 10 wars and battles
- Giacomo Casanova · politician · 1725 – 1798
- Carlo Goldoni · writer · 1707 – 1794
- Ugo Foscolo · writer · 1778 – 1827
- Francesco Hayez · artist · 1791 – 1882
- Ludovico Manin · ruler · 1726 – 1802
- Ottoman–Venetian War · war · 1714 – 1718
- Battle of Arcole · battle · 1796
- Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo · ruler · 1701 – 1778
and 13 more in the atlas.
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood1,100 years
stood longer than 98% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held65,100 km²
held more ground at its peak than 37% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century0.6
had more wars on record per century than 91% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median7 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 26% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record123
has more rulers on record than 100% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 12 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 587 – 1907, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1687, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q4948 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.