Andrea Biagio Badoer (2 February 1515 – September 1575) was a Venetian administrator and diplomat. Badoer was the son of Pietro Badoer and Caterina Giustinian. In 1544, he married a daughter of Zuanne Corner. He served as the rector of

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in 1552 and of Crema in 1553. He was elected a '' savio di Terraferma''. In 1560, he led an extraordinary embassy to King

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. He was named lieutenant of

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in 1563. In December 1567, as a member of the

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, Badoer took part in negotiations with imperial commissioners concerning the border between Venice and the

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.. The other Venetian negotiators were

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and

Sebastiano Venier Sebastiano Venier (or Veniero) (c. 1496 – 3 March 1578) was Doge of Venice from 11 June 1577 to 3 March 1578. He is best remembered in his role as the Venetian admiral at the Battle of Lepanto. Biography Venier was born in Venice around 1496. ...

. In 1571, he argued against the formation of the Holy League in the

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on the grounds that it would strengthen Spain at Venice's expense and harm Venetian commercial interests in the eastern Mediterranean. In 1572, he was sent to

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to congratulate

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on his election. In 1573, he was sent as an envoy extraordinary to

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to sign the treaty ending the war with the Ottoman Empire. During this time, he outranked the resident Venetian ''

bailo ''Bailo'' or ''baylo'' (plural ''baili'' or ''bayli'') is a Venetian title that derives from the Latin term '' baiulus'', meaning "porter, bearer". In English, it may be translated bailiff, or otherwise rendered as bailey, baili, bailie, bailli o ...

''. The Ottomans agreed to a truce of thirty years and mutual freedom of trade. Badoer left Constantinople on 27 February 1574. In 1575, he was sent as an envoy extraordinary to King

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. He fell ill en route at

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, dictated his will by which he left his goods to his nephews on 11 September and died shortly after.

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