Jacopo Dolfin or Giacomo Dolfin was a 13th-century Venetian nobleman and senior provincial administrator in the Venetian overseas empire.

Life

Jacopo Dolfin is recorded as a judge in Venice in 1241, as being present in Tunis in June 1245, and again as a judge in Venice in 1254.[1] In 1256–1258 he served as the penultimate Venetian Podestà of Constantinople, succeeding Pietro Foscarini in spring 1256 and being replaced by Marco Gradenigo.[2] He went on to serve as Duke of Crete (attested in office in September 1259) until September 1261,[1] and as commander of a fleet of 37 galleys in the Aegean Sea against the Republic of Genoa in 1262.[3] In 1264 he was Bailo of Negroponte, before going to Constantinople as ambassador to Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.[1] Along with Jacopo Contarini, Dolfin concluded a peace treaty with the Emperor on 18 June 1265, that would remain unratified by Venice.[4][5] In 1268 he served as podestà of Treviso.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Jacoby 2006, p. 78.
  2. ^ Jacoby 2006, pp. 77–78.
  3. ^ Geanakoplos 1959, p. 151.
  4. ^ Geanakoplos 1959, pp. 182–184.
  5. ^ Nicol 1988, pp. 181–182.

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Political offices Preceded byPietro Foscarini Podestà of Constantinople 1256–1258 Succeeded byMarco Gradenigo
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