1. Marino Faliero was born c the son of Jacopo Faliero and Bettiola of the Loredan family.
16 Facts About Marino Faliero
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The Marino Faliero family was one of the oldest in the Venetian patriciate, legend tracing its origins to the myths surrounding the foundation of Venice itself in Late Antiquity.
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The Marino Faliero family had many branches and many of its members shared the same name which makes distinguishing them difficult for modern historians.
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Marino Faliero continued as a member of the council until 1320 and held the office of head of the Ten as well as state inquisitor several times during this period.
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In 1333 Marino Faliero became captain of the galleys destined for the Black Sea and of Constantinople, his first known military posting.
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Marino Faliero's task was the protection of the merchant ships going to Tanais.
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In early 1334 Marino Faliero was elected as of the Dalmatian island of Lesina.
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Marino Faliero then served as one of the two Venetian members in the council assisting the anti-Scaliger alliance's captain-general, Pietro de' Rossi, until late autumn 1336.
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In spring 1344 Marino Faliero was sent as envoy, along with Andrea Corner, to Pope Clement VI in Avignon.
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Marino Faliero was given ample remit to conclude an agreement as he saw fit, or to refer the matter to papal arbitration.
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In 1352 Marino Faliero was sent on a diplomatic mission and met with the Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Alexander in Nicopolis, giving him a letter from the doge Andrea Dandolo.
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Marino Faliero was a naval and military commander and then a diplomat before being elected doge in succession to Andrea Dandolo.
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Marino Faliero learned of his election while he was on a diplomatic mission to the papal court at Avignon.
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Marino Faliero was condemned to damnatio memoriae, and accordingly his portrait displayed in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio in the Doge's Palace was omitted and the space painted over with a black shroud, which can still be seen in the hall today.
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All three present the traditional story that Marino Faliero was acting to defend his wife's honour.
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Eugene Delacroix's 1826 painting The Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero is based on Lord Byron's play.