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Faliero

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Coat of arms of the Falier family

The House of Faliero (Venetian: Falier), also encountered in the variants Falier, Faleiro, Faledro or Faletro,[1] was the name of a Venetian patrician family.[2]

History

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The family was one of the oldest in Venice, its history being lost in the myths surrounding the city's foundation at the end of Late Antiquity.[3] According to the not very reliable 13th-century Chronicon Altinate, the family originally was called Anafesti, and haled from Fano, before moving to Padua and thence to Jesolo in the Venetian Lagoon as a result of Padua's fall to the Lombards.[4] Other sources try to connect the Falieri with the Ordelaffi from Forli, and suggest a Lombard origin, but this is mostly speculation on the basis of the similarity of their names (Ordelaf being the anagram of Faledro).[5]

When the seat of Venice was moved from Eraclea to the Rialto in the early 9th century, they were among the fifty or so tribunician families to move there.[6] The first member of the family is attested in a public act of April 912, where a certain Orso Faletro Dodono acted as witness.[5] It appears that the family was numerous and may have been divided into three branches, the Anafesti, Ordelaffi, and Dodoni.[5]

It was one of the most centrally connected of Venetian families.[7] Four members were among the first colonists of Venetian Crete. Their descendants took the Greek name Phalieros (Φαλιέρος).[8]

Members

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Palazzo Falier Canossa [it]

The family produced three Doges of Venice:[2]

Other famous members include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ravegnani 2017, p. 3.
  2. ^ a b "Faliero o Falier", Enciclopedia Italiana (1932).
  3. ^ Ravegnani 2017, pp. 3–9.
  4. ^ Ravegnani 2017, pp. 3–7.
  5. ^ a b c Ravegnani 2017, p. 8.
  6. ^ Ravegnani 2017, pp. 7–8.
  7. ^ Juan Julián Merelo Guervos, "Keeping up with the Contarinis: Understanding family ties and power dynamics in the Republic of Venice through social network analysis" (2024).
  8. ^ W. F. Bakker and A. F. van Gemert, eds., The Λόγοι Διδακτικοί of Marinos Phalieros (E. J. Brill, 1977), p. 3.

Sources

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  • Ravegnani, Giorgio (2017). Il traditore di Venezia: Vita di Marino Falier doge (in Italian). Bari and Rome: Editori Laterza. ISBN 978-88-581-2715-5.