Querini Explained

The Querini family or Quirini was an old Venetian patrician family. They claimed an ancient Roman heritage, but their traceable history goes back to the 11th century. The family divided into many branches.^[1]

Notable members

• Ottaviano Querini (fl. 1181–1211), diplomat and administrator
• Romeo Querini (fl. 1209–1241), diplomat and administrator
• (d. 1257), archbishop
• Egidio Querini (fl. 1247–1268), diplomat and administrator
• (1230–1291), bishop
• (d. 1307), bishop
• (d. 1310), diplomat
• Giovanni Querini (d. 1333), poet
• (d. 1372), patriarch
• Andrea Querini (b. 1382), merchant and military leader
• Marco Querini (b. 1399), diplomat
• Guglielmo Querini (1400–1468), politician
• Pietro Querini (fl. 1431–1432), navigator
• Lauro Quirini (1420–1472), humanist
• Vincenzo Querini (1478–1514), diplomat and monk
• (1468–1554), patriarch
• Elisabetta Querini Massolo (d. 1559), friend of Pietro Bembo
• Giacomo Querini (1619–1677), diplomat
• Leonardo Quirini (17th century), poet
• Elisabetta Querini (1628–1709), dogaressa
• Angelo Maria Querini (1680–1755), cardinal
• (1721–1796), politician
• (1757–1825), admiral
• Marina Querini (1757–1839), socialite
• Alvise Querini (1758–1834), politician
• (1799–1869), philanthropist
• (1867–1900), explorer

Palaces and villas

• Palazzo Molin Querini
• Palazzo Querini Benzon
  • Palazzo Querini Dubois
  • Palazzo Querini Stampalia

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Mario . Brunetti . Querini . . 1935 .