Faliero
Faliero (Venetian: Falier), also encountered in the variants Faleiro, Faledro or Faletro,[1] was the name of a Venetian patrician family.[2]
History
[edit]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
[edit]The family produced three Doges of Venice:[2]
- Vitale Faliero, Doge of Venice from 1084 until 1096
- Ordelafo Faliero, Doge of Venice from 1102 until 1117, married to Matelda Faliero
- Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice from 1354 until 1355, executed for the Faliero coup, married to Alucia Falier
Other famous members include:
- Bonifacio Falier, bishop of Castello (1120–1133)
- Vitale Falier (fl. 1152–1172), diplomat
- Benedetto Falier, patriarch of Grado (1201–1207)
- Leonardo Falier, Latin patriarch of Constantinople (1302–1305)
- Marinos Phalieros (died 1474), writer
- Domenico Falier (1492–1564)
- Giovanni Falier (16th century), medallist
- Luca Falier (1545–1614)
- Francesco Falier (1557–1614)
- Giovanni Falier (1637–1681)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Ravegnani 2017, p. 3.
- ^ a b "Faliero o Falier", Enciclopedia Italiana (1932).
- ^ Ravegnani 2017, pp. 3–9.
- ^ Ravegnani 2017, pp. 3–7.
- ^ a b c Ravegnani 2017, p. 8.
- ^ Ravegnani 2017, pp. 7–8.
- ^ 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).
- ^ W. F. Bakker and A. F. van Gemert, eds., The Λόγοι Διδακτικοί of Marinos Phalieros (E. J. Brill, 1977), p. 3.
Sources
[edit]- 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.