Coat of Arms of Domenico Trabanico

Domenico Flabanico (died 1043) was the 29th Doge of Venice. The following is a list of all 120 of the Doges of Venice ordered by the dates of their reigns which are put in parentheses His reign lasted from the abdication of Pietro Barbolano in 1032 until his death. Pietro Barbolano (sometimes Pietro Centranigo) was the 28th Doge of Venice.

Before Domenico Flabanico took office, there was a significant chaos in Venice. His predecessor had abdicated the position of Doge following extensive public pressure to reinstate Otto Orseolo, but when it was found out that Otto Orseolo was dying, Domenico Orseolo, Otto's less popular relative, public outcry in Venice was great regarding the apparent onset of a nepotistic hereditary monarchy. Otto Orseolo ( Italian: Ottone Orseolo, also Urseolo; died 1032 was the Doge of Venice from 1008 to 1026 Flabanico, a successful merchant and popular individual, but less than noble, was elected to spite the notion of royal blood.

Under Flabanico, new laws were instilled to limit the powers of the Doge against creating a hereditary monarchy and passing many new acts. In this time, Venice went through a period of infighting and decline. Flabanico was hardly capable of maintaining the diplomatic relationships that were necessary for adequate foreign policy and he let the economy of the the Republic of Venice slip due to a general decline in confidence of the Republic. It was only thanks to his successor, Domenico Contarini, that the Republic was restored to a new era of prosperity. Domenico Contarini (Birthdate unknown died 1071 in Venice) was the 30th Doge of Venice. He died in 1043, marking the end of more than a decade of rule.

See also

• History of the Republic of Venice

References

• Rendina, Claudio (2003). The history of the Republic of Venice began with the city of Venice, which originated as a collection of lagoon communities banded together for mutual defence from I Dogi. Storia e segreti. ISBN 88-8289-656-0.  

See also

• List of Doges of Venice