Marino Dandolo (; died before 1243) was a Venetian nobleman and first

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. He was a member of the prominent Dandolo family.He was originally described as a nephew of the Venetian Doge Enrico Dandolo by Karl Hopf, on the basis of erroneous identifications with homonyms, cf. , He accompanied Marco Sanudo on the conquest of the Aegean Islands in 1207, and was awarded the island of Andros as a sub-fief. He was expelled from his island around 1239 by Geremia Ghisi, and died in exile before August 1243.

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