Zuan Francesco Venier (died 1518) was a co-lord of

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.Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 446

Ancestry

He was a son of Moisé Venier (c. 1412 – c. 1476) and wife (married 1437) Caterina Vitturi, paternal grandson of Biagio Venier (died 1449)Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 445 and wife (married 1406) Lucia Contarini, great-grandson of Antonio Venier.

Marriage and issue

He married in 1479 Fiorenza Sommaripa, Lady of Paros (died 1518),Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 550 and had Nicolò Venier, Lord of Paros and

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. He also was the grandfather of

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, who served as the

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and

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of the

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References

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