Pietro Ziani was the forty-second Doge of Venice from 1205 to 1229. The Doge ( Venetian language, also Doxe, derived from Latin Dux military leader duke cf He was the son of Sebastian Ziani, and succeeded Enrico Dandolo. Sebastiano Ziani was a famous leader of Venice, and was Doge from 1172 to 1178. Enrico Dandolo (also Anglicised Henry Dandolo or in Latin Henricus Dandulus, 1107? &ndash June 21 1205) was the Doge Ziani was first doge to demand an oath from the Venetian colony in the Latin Empire in Constantinople, established after the Fourth Crusade. The Doge ( Venetian language, also Doxe, derived from Latin Dux military leader duke cf The Latin Empire or Latin Empire of Constantinople (original Latin name Imperium Romaniae, " Empire of Romania " is the Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoúpolis, or gr ἡ Πόλις hē Polis, Latin: la CONSTANTINOPOLIS The Fourth Crusade (1202&ndash1204 was originally designed to conquer Muslim Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. In 1210 he signed a treaty with the despotate of Epirus under Michael I Komnenos Doukas to allow free trade to Venetian traders. The Principality of Epirus can also refer to the pashalik of Ali Pasha The Despotate or Principality of Epirus (Δεσποτάτο της Michael I Komnenos Doukas or Comnenus Ducas ( Greek: Μιχαήλ Α΄ Κομνηνός Δούκας Mikhaēl I Komnēnos Doukas) often inaccurately called
| Preceded by Enrico Dandolo |
Doge of Venice 1205 – 1229 |
Succeeded by Jacopo Tiepolo |
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