Giovanniccia Candiano
Giovanniccia Candiano, also called Giuliana, was Dogaressa of Venice by her marriage to the Doge Pietro IV Candiano (r. 959–976), mother of Vitale Candiano.[1]
| Giovanniccia Candiano | |
|---|---|
| Dogaressa of Venice | |
| Reign | 959 - 966 |
| Predecessor | Arcielda Candiano |
| Successor | Waldrada of Tuscany |
| Died | after 966 |
| Spouse | Pietro IV Candiano (divorced 966) |
| Issue | Vitale Candiano[2] |
Giovanniccia Candiano[3] was not a member of the aristocracy and was previously divorced when Pietro entered into a relationship with her, and when he made her dogaressa after his installation, it caused a scandal and a social boycott which damaged the reputation of the doge. Eventually, Pietro was convinced to divorce her and imprison her as a nun in the convent of San Zaccaria. She has been the subject of legends and myths. She is a part of a famous deck of cards featuring the dogaressas of Venice, as the Four of Hearts.[4]
Sources
- Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges, London : T. W. Laurie, 1910
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Reference
- ^ V. Piva, Il Patriarcato di Venezia e le sue origini, I, Venezia 1938, pp. 94 ss.
- ^ CANDIANO, Vitale, research by Riccardo Capasso. Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 17 (1974), https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/vitale-candiano_(Dizionario-Biografico)/
- ^ W. Lenel, Venetianisch-istrische Studien, Strassburg 1911, pp. 69 ss. (cfr. recens. di P. Paschini, in Mem. stor. forogiuliesi, VIII [1912], pp. 209-12
- ^ Monastery of St. Zachariah; Intake Registry Archive, Vol. 961-962, entered: Giovanniccia Candiano, Dogaressa of Venice, (cf. Lenel, p. 71 n. 1), as in a document of August 26, 963, issued by the Patriarch of Grado.(original text in Italian)