The Badoer (, ) were an aristocratic family in the

Republic of Venice The Republic of Venice, officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and Maritime republics, maritime republic with its capital in Venice. Founded, according to tradition, in 697 ...

. The Badoer traced their ancestry, without any factual basis, to Doge

Giustiniano Participazio Giustiniano Participazio (; died 829) was the eleventh (traditional) or ninth (historical) Doge of Venice from 825 to his death. His four years on the ducal throne were very eventful. He was made hypatus by the Byzantine emperor Leo V the Armen ...

in the early 9th century. In fact, they rose to prominence in the 13th century.

Notable members

Stefano Badoer Stefano Badoer ( 1227–1242) was a Venetian nobleman. From 1227 to 1232, Stefano was the advocate of the convent of San Zaccaria. His brother Giovanni was a major early supporter of the Franciscans and Minoresses. In 1228, as ''podestà'' of Pa ...

(fl. 1227–1242) * Marco Badoer (d. 1288) * Badoero Badoer (d. 1310), ''

podestà (), also potestate or podesta in English, was the name given to the holder of the highest civil office in the government of the cities of central and northern Italy during the Late Middle Ages. Sometimes, it meant the chief magistrate of a c ...

'' of

Padua Padua ( ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Veneto, northern Italy, and the capital of the province of Padua. The city lies on the banks of the river Bacchiglione, west of Venice and southeast of Vicenza, and has a population of 20 ...

implicated in the Querini–Tiepolo conspiracy. He and his relatives Pietro, Angelo, Girolamo and Giovanni were beheaded. *

Marino Badoer Marino Badoer, O.S.B. (died 1648) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Pula (1641–1648). ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 8 January 1634, Marino Badoer was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. On 1 July 1641, he was a ...

(d. 1324) *

, duke of Crete in 1313–1315, dedicatee of

Paolino Veneto Paolino Veneto ( – 22 June 1344) was an Italian Franciscan inquisitor, diplomat and historian. He served as an ambassador for the Republic of Venice and the Papacy. From 1324 until his death, he was the bishop of Pozzuoli. He simultaneously serve ...

mirror for princes Mirrors for princes or mirrors of princes () constituted a literary genre of didactic political writings throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It was part of the broader speculum or mirror literature genre. The Latin term ''speculum reg ...

Donata Badoer Donata Badoer (between 1333 and 1336) was an Italian noblewoman from the Republic of Venice. Belonging to the Venetian patrician family of Badoer, she was the daughter of merchant Vitale Badoer. In 1300, she married Marco Polo Marco P ...

(fl. 1280–1333), wife of

Marco Polo Marco Polo (; ; ; 8 January 1324) was a Republic of Venice, Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known a ...

* Pietro Badoer (d. 1371) * (1332–1389), theologian and cardinal * Albano Badoer (d. 1428) * Giacomo Badoer (b. 1403), author of the ''Libro dei conti'' * Iacopino Badoer (d. 1451) * Sebastiano Badoer (d. 1498) * Andrea Badoer (1447–1525), ambassador to Henry VIII of England * Giacomo Badoer (d. 1537) *

Giovanni Badoer Giovanni Badoer or Zuan Badoer ( – January 1535) was a poet, politician and diplomat of the Republic of Venice. Badoer was the resident ambassador in Spain (1498–1499; 1512–1514), Naples (1500–1501), Hungary (1501–1503), the Holy See (1 ...

(1465–1535), politician, diplomat and poet *

Alvise Badoer Alvise Badoer ( – 7 January 1554) was a Venetian patrician, lawyer, administrator and diplomat. He played a major role in the Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540), Ottoman–Venetian War of 1537–1540. He advocated for and helped arrange the Hol ...

(d. 1554), ''

provveditore generale The Italian title ''prov ditore'' (plural ''provveditori''; also known in ; ), "he who sees to things" ( overseer), was the style of various (but not all) local district governors in the extensive, mainly maritime empire of the Republic of Venice. ...

'' of

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and ambassador to Emperor

Charles V Charles V may refer to: Kings and Emperors * Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1500–1558) * Charles V of Naples (1661–1700), better known as Charles II of Spain * Charles V of France (1338–1380), called the Wise Others * Charles V, Duke ...

* Francesco Badoer (1507–1564) * Francesco Badoer (1512–1572), built the

Villa Badoer Villa Badoer is a villa in Fratta Polesine, in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It was designed in 1556 by Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio for the Republic of Venice, Venetian noble Francesco Badoer (1512–1572), Francesco Badoe ...

Andrea Biagio Badoer 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 Feltre i ...

(1515–1575) *

Federico Badoer Federico Badoer (1519–1593) was a diplomat of the Republic of Venice whose career was derailed in the 1560s by debts and unauthorized diplomacy. Badoer was born on 2 January 1519 in Venice. His father was Alvise Badoer. He was a promising youth, ...

(1519–1593), writer, diplomat and politician * Alberto Badoer (1540–1592) * Angelo Badoer (1565–1630), politician, diplomat and spy in the service of the

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and

Spanish Empire The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy (political entity), Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered ...

* Francesco Badoer (1570–1610) * Giacomo Badoer (c.1575–c.1620), French diplomat and pupil of

Galileo Galilei Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642), commonly referred to as Galileo Galilei ( , , ) or mononymously as Galileo, was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a poly ...

(d. 1648),

bishop of Pula The Diocese of Pula (''Italian: Diocese of Pola'') was a Roman Catholic diocese in Croatia, located in the city of Pula. In 1828, it was suppressed and united with the Diocese of Poreč to form the Archdiocese of Diocese of Poreč-Pula. Hist ...

* Iacopo Badoer (1602–1654), politician and writer * Barbaro Giacomo Badoer (1617–1657) * Alberto Badoer (d. 1677), bishop of Crema * Giovanni Alberto Badoer (1649–1714), cardinal and patriarch of Venice

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Bibliography

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