Francesco Badoer (1512–1572) was Venetian

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and politician. Badoer was born at

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on 5 September 1512, the son of Piero di Albertino.Luciano Alberti, ''Palladio e palladianesimo in Polesine'' (Associazione Culturale Minelliana di Rovigo, 1984), p. 50. He belonged to a minor branch of the

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and was the second of three sons.

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''The Perfect House: A Journey with Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio''
(Scribner, 2003), pp. 175–176. In 1536, he married Lucietta Loredan. They had four sons and two daughters. In 1538, Lucietta's brother, Zorzi, died intestate. His vast inheritance was divided between his widow's two brothers and his two sisters' husbands. The division took a decade to resolve, but left Badoer in possession of 460 acres in the

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. In 1556, he hired

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to design for him a new house at Fratta. Construction on the Villa Badoer began in 1557. Badoer had an undistinguished public career. He was a member of the Ducal Council and the

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. In 1562, Badoer was captain of

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. He died in 1572.

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Ducal councillors