Ordelafo Faliero
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Zadar
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, 1117) was the 34th Doge of Venice
Doge of Venice
The Doge of Venice , often mistranslated Duke was the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice for over a thousand years. Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state's aristocracy. Commonly the person selected as Doge was the shrewdest elder in the city...
. He was the son of the 32nd doge, Vitale Faliero
Vitale Faliero
Vitale Faliero Dodoni and usually known in English as Vitale Falier was the 32nd Doge of Venice from 1084 until his death in 1095.He was a member of a noble Venetian family, probably from Fano...
de' Doni. He was a member of the Minor Council (minor consiglio), an assembly formed from members of the so-called "apostolic families" that, in oligarchical Venice, assumed the governmental functions of judges, military councilmen, ambassadors and heads of state.
His first name, which is otherwise unknown in Venetian history, is thought to have been derived from a backwards spelling of the Venetian name "Faledro".
During his reign as Doge, Faliero went to war against the Hungarians
Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages
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, ruled at the time by Coloman, which lasted from 1105 to 1115. Faliero succeeded in recapturing Zara and Sebenico.
Afterwards, Faliero was engaged in an expedition to Syria
Syria
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, comprising 100 Venetian ships, which succeeded in conquering a part of Acre
Acre, Israel
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. Objects from the local Syrian convent
Convent
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of Christ Pantocrator were taken back to Saint Mark's Basilica.
In Venice, Faliero established the nucleus of what would become the Arsenal.
He was killed at Zara during a battle against the Hungarians.
See also
- Pala d'OroPala d'OroPala d’Oro is the high altar retable of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice. It is universally recognized as one of the most refined and accomplished works of Byzantine craftsmanship, with both front and rear sides decorated.-Description and history:The altarpiece consists of two parts...