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Querini

The Querini family or Quirini was an old Venetian patrician family. They claimed an ancient Roman heritage, but their traceable history goes back to the 11th century. The family divided into many branches.

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The Querini family or Quirini was an old Venetian patrician family. They claimed an ancient Roman heritage, but their traceable history goes back to the 11th century. The family divided into many branches.1

Notable members

  • Ottaviano Querini (fl. 1181–1211), diplomat and administrator
  • Romeo Querini (fl. 1209–1241), diplomat and administrator
  • Giovanni Querini (d. 1257), archbishop
  • Egidio Querini (fl. 1247–1268), diplomat and administrator
  • Bartolomeo I Querini (1230–1291), bishop
  • Bartolomeo II Querini (d. 1307), bishop
  • Marco Querini d. 1310), diplomat
  • Giovanni Querini (d. 1333), poet2
  • Francesco Querini (d. 1372), patriarch
  • Andrea Querini (b. 1382), merchant and military leader3
  • Marco Querini (b. 1399), diplomat4
  • Guglielmo Querini (1400–1468), politician5
  • Pietro Querini (fl. 1431–1432), navigator
  • Lauro Quirini (1420–1472), humanist
  • Vincenzo Querini (1478–1514), diplomat and monk
  • Gerolamo Querini (1468–1554), patriarch
  • Elisabetta Querini Massolo (d. 1559), friend of Pietro Bembo6
  • Giacomo Querini (1619–1677), diplomat7
  • Leonardo Quirini (17th century), poet
  • Elisabetta Querini (1628–1709), dogaressa
  • Angelo Maria Querini (1680–1755), cardinal
  • Angelo Querini (1721–1796), politician
  • Andrea Querini Stampalia (1757–1825), admiral
  • Marina Querini (1757–1839), socialite
  • Alvise Querini (1758–1834), politician8
  • Giovanni Querini Stampalia (1799–1869), philanthropist
  • Francesco Querini (1867–1900), explorer
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Palaces and villas

References

References

  1. Brunetti, Mario (1935). "Querini". Enciclopedia Italiana.
  2. Quintiliani, Matteo (2016). "Quirini, Giovanni". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 86: Querenghi–Rensi. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.
  3. Gullino, Giuseppe (2016). "Querini, Andrea". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 86: Querenghi–Rensi. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.
  4. Gullino, Giuseppe (2016). "Querini, Marco". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 86: Querenghi–Rensi. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.
  5. Gullino, Giuseppe (2016). "Querini, Guglielmo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 86: Querenghi–Rensi. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.
  6. Plebani, Tiziana (2016). "Querini, Elisabetta". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 86: Querenghi–Rensi. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.
  7. Benzoni, Ginio (2016). "Querini, Giacomo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 86: Querenghi–Rensi. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.
  8. Mandelli, Vittorio (2016). "Querini, Alvise". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 86: Querenghi–Rensi. Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-88-12-00032-6.