Zuan Francesco Venier Explained

Zuan Francesco Venier (died 1518) was a co-lord of Cerigo.[1]

Ancestry

He was a son of Moisé Venier (c. 1412 – c. 1476) and wife (married 1437) Caterina Vitturi, paternal grandson of Biagio Venier (died 1449)[2] and wife (married 1406) Lucia Contarini, great-grandson of Antonio Venier.[3]

Marriage and issue

He married in 1479 Fiorenza Sommaripa, Lady of Paros (died 1518),[4] and had Nicolò Venier, Lord of Paros and Cecilia Venier.

Notes and References

  1. Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 446
  2. Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 445
  3. Marina Koumanoudi, Fragments of an Island Economy: The Venier Kytheran Estate Records (15th c.) in I Greci durante la venetocrazia: Uomini, spazio, idee (XIII-XVIII), 2007, p 497
  4. Mihail-Dimitri Sturdza, Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique des Grandes Familles de Grèce, d'Albanie et de Constantinople, Paris: Sturdza, 1983, p. 550