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doge
It was also forced to cancel, under the title of doge, any reference to Dalmatia.
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The doge took part in ducal processions, which started in the Piazza San Marco.
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Traditionally Paoluccio Anafesto is believed to be the first doge, elected in 697.
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The Crusader army was in debt to the doge of Venice, who had provided their fleet.
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The doge himself appointed for celebrations a special clergy led by the primicerio.
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Doge Pietro had lost more than 100 men on this campaign and had to return to Venetia.
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On the right of the screen is the platform from which the newly-elected doge appeared.
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The Fourth Crusade offered later doge Enrico Dandolo the opportunity to take revenge.
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This last defeat was a factor in the deposition of doge Marino Faliero.
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- Formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
- Doge (plural dogi or doges) is a dialectal Italian word that descends from the Latin dux (as does the English duke and the standard Italian duce and duca), meaning "leader", especially in a military context. The wife of a Doge is styled a Dogaressa.
- Du00F6ge is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmu00E1r-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.
- The chief magistrate of the Genoan Republic. After 1339 the Genoan Republic was ruled by Doges elected for life. From the late seventh century to the early fourteenth, Venice was also ruled by an elective Doge.
- [Latin dux - duke] medieval ruler of Venice. The position was elected by the Venetian nobility, although it stayed within a few families.
- The doge was elected for life by the patrician citizenry and his position possessed all the pomp that Venice's self-image could bestow.
- The elected magistrate of certain Italian Renaissance states and often depicted as the highest governing authority in commedia.
- The head of government in Venice.
