Pietro Grimani | |
Office: | Doge of Venice |
Term Start: | 1741 |
Term End: | 1752 |
Predecessor: | Alvise Pisani |
Successor: | Francesco Loredan |
Birth Date: | 5 October 1677 |
Birth Place: | Venice, Republic of Venice |
Death Date: | 7 March 1752 (aged 74) |
Death Place: | Venice |
Pietro Grimani (October 5, 1677 in Venice - March 7, 1752 in Venice) was a Venetian statesman and aristocrat [1] who served as the 115th Doge of Venice from June 30, 1741, until his death. Grimani was born a member of the Grimani family. He was a cultured and learned man, who wrote poetry and counted among his acquaintances Isaac Newton, whom he had met while serving as a diplomat in England. He was succeeded as Doge by Francesco Loredan. Pietro Grimani was the castellanus of coron and modon.[2] The Venitian senate gave regions like Monemvasia to Grimani but Grimani family was not able to gain full control.[3]