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Dandolo

British  
/ ˈdandolo /

noun

  1. Enrico. c. 1108–1205, Venetian statesman; doge (1192–1205). During the fourth Crusade he won Greek colonies for Venice

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In 1638, she read both sides of a debate written by Giovanni Francesco Loredano and Matteo Dandolo about whether tears or song are more powerful weapons in love.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2019

A thousand miles away in the magnificent former church of Haghia Sophia in Istanbul, there is a plaque on the upper gallery bearing the name Henricus Dandolo.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2012

Doge of the Republic of Venice from 1192, Dandolo led the Fourth Crusade - an expedition intended to conquer Muslim Egypt - to Constantinople, where it smashed the heart of the Christian Byzantine Empire.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2012

Dandolo wasn't the only disabled warrior in the Middle Ages.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2012

In the former is the monument and sarcophagus of Doge Andrea Dandolo, who died in 1354.

From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe

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