'''Andrea Venier''' (fl. 15th century) was a 15th-century notable member of the Venier family.
In 1422 he was Venetian chamberlain in Scutari (modern Shkodër) and after some time he was appointed as chief magistrate of Antivari (modern Bar, Montenegro).<ref name="Elsie2012">{{cite book|author=Robert Elsie|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgf6GWJxuZgC&pg=PA461|access-date=21 July 2013|date=24 December 2012|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-78076-431-3|page=461}}</ref> In 1441 Venier became castellan of Scutari and by July 1448, during the Albanian-Venetian War (1447-1448), he was the ''provveditore'' of the entire Venetian Albania.<ref name="O'Connell2009">{{citation|last=O'Connell|first=Monique|title=Men of empire: power and negotiation in Venice's maritime state|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kiYHuWp4CjUC&pg=PA124|year=2009|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-9145-8|pages=124–}}</ref> He played an important role in relations between Skanderbeg and the Venetian Republic.<ref name="Elsie2012"/>
In August 1457 Venetians recaptured Dagnum from the Dukagjini after fierce battle and significant casualties.<ref>{{harvnb|Božić|1979|p= 374}}{{quote|који су Млечани успели да заузму TOKOM августа; јер, већ првих дана септембра стигла je у Млетке вест да je град враћен уз велике напоре, жртве и страдања млетачких поданика у Албанији.}}</ref> Venetian forces led by Venier were supported by Skanderbeg.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robert Elsie|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgf6GWJxuZgC&pg=PA461|access-date=10 June 2013|date=24 December 2012|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-78076-431-3|page=461|quote=Ten years later, with the support of Scanderbeg, he led Venetian forces against the Dukagjini family for control of the fortress of Dagno}}</ref> In 1458, together with Francesco Venier and Malchiore Da Imola, Andrea prepared plans for the reinforcement of the castle in Scutari.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Siege of Shkodra: Albania's Courageous Stand Against Ottoman Conquest, 1478|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeZ963q3ok0C&pg=PR30|access-date=20 July 2013|year=2012|publisher=David Hosaflook|isbn=978-99956-87-77-9|page=30|quote= the 1458 architectural plans for the city's reinforcements and cistern systems, prepared by Andrea and Francesco Venier and Malchiore Da Imola}}</ref> The Venetian Senate consulted Venier regarding its politics in Albania.<ref name="Elsie2012"/>
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== Sources == * {{Citation |last=Božić |first= Ivan|authorlink= Ivan Božić (historian) |title= Nemirno pomorje XV veka |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SnkBAAAAMAAJ&q=%22%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5+%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%92%D0%B8%D0%BD%22 |year=1979 |publisher=Srpska književna zadruga |location=Beograd |language= Serbian |oclc=5845972}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Venier, Andrea}} Category:Castellans Category:Venetian period in the history of Albania Andrea Category:Venetian governors Category:Military personnel of the Republic of Venice Category:15th-century people from the Republic of Venice