{{short description|One of the founding families of Venice}} [[File:Coat of Arms of the House of Contarini.svg|thumb|Coat of arms of the House of Contarini|240x240px]] [[Image:Ca' d'Oro facciata.jpg|thumb|188x188px|The [[Ca' d'Oro]], built for the Contarini family in 1428-30]] [[Image:The Doge Andrea Contarini Returning Victorious from Chioggia.JPG|thumb|188x188px|Doge [[Andrea Contarini]] returning victorious from the [[War of Chioggia|War of Choggia]] in 1380 ([[Doge's Palace|Palazzo Ducale]])]] [[Image:Konrad von Grünenberg - Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem - Blatt 005v-006r.jpg|thumb| A [[galley]] of Augustinus Contarini illustrated by [[Conrad Grünenberg]] after his pilgrimage to [[Jerusalem]] in 1486 ([[Baden State Library|Badische Landesbibliothek]])|188x188px]] [[Image:Palazzo contarini del bovolo 01.JPG|thumb|251x251px|The [[Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo]], built for the Contarini family in the 15th century]] [[Image:Villa Contarini 2.jpg|thumb|188x188px|The [[Villa Contarini]], commissioned by Paolo and Francesco Contarini in 1546]]
The '''Contarini''' is one of the founding families of [[Republic of Venice|Venice]]<ref name=":5">{{Cite journal|last=FitzSimons|first=Anna Katelin|date=December 2013|title=THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND MILITARY DECLINE OF VENICE LEADING UP TO 1797|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc407798/m2/1/high_res_d/thesis.pdf|journal=UNT Theses and Dissertations|pages=42}}</ref><ref name="teatro">https://archive.org/details/teatroaraldicose02tett, Leone Tettoni. ''Teatro araldico ovvero raccolta generale delle armi ed insegne gentilizie delle piu illustri e nobili casate che esisterono un tempo e che tutora fioriscono in tutta l'italia'', 1841. pagina 578 - 591</ref> and one of the oldest families of the [[Nobility of Italy|Italian Nobility]].<ref name="teatro" /> In total eight [[Doge of Venice|Doges]] of the [[Republic of Venice]] emerged from this family,<ref name="teatro" /><ref name="Cappellari" /><ref name=":0" /> as well as 44 [[Procurator of San Marco|Procurators of San Marco]],<ref name="Cappellari" /> numerous ambassadors, diplomats and other notables. Among the ruling families of the republic, they held the most seats in the [[Great Council of Venice]] from the period before the [[Serrata del Maggior Consiglio]] when Councillors were elected annually to the end of the republic in 1797.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Puga, Trefler|first=Diego, Daniel|date=7 March 2014|title=International Trade and Institutional Change: Medieval Venice's Response to Globalization|url=https://academic.oup.com/qje/article/129/2/753/1868053|journal=The Quarterly Journal of Economics|volume= 129| issue = 2|pages=801|doi=10.1093/qje/qju006|doi-access=free}}</ref> The Contarini claimed to be of [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] origin through their [[Patrilineality|patrilineal]] descendance of the [[Aurelia (gens)|Aurelii Cottae]], a branch of the Roman family [[Aurelia (gens)|Aurelia]], and traditionally trace their lineage back to [[List of Roman consuls|Gaius Aurelius Cotta]], [[Roman consul|consul]] of the [[Roman Republic]] in 252 BC and 248 BC.<ref name="teatro" /><ref name="Cappellari">Girolamo Alessandro Cappellari Vivaro. ''Il Campidoglio veneto''.</ref><ref name=":0">Antonio Longo. ''Dell'origine e provenienza in Venezia de cittadini originarj''</ref><ref name="Barbaro">[[Marco Barbaro]]. ''L'Origine e discendenza delle famiglie patrizie''.</ref>
==Family== The House of Contarini is one of the twelve founding families of the [[Venetian Republic]],<ref name=":5" /> the apostolic families, and were and remain through extended family consanguinity present in the [[Veneto]]'s population, represented in over twenty auxiliary and cadet noble branches {{citation needed|date=December 2017}}that include ranks currently among European sovereign, royal and aristocratic descendants.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}}
853 AD marks the first officially verified documentation of the Contarini in the [[Republic of Venice]], with Andrea Contarini named in the testament of Orso Partecipazio, son of [[Giovanni I Participazio]].<ref>http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/eta-ducale-la-societa-e-gli-ordinamenti-famiglie-e-affermazione-politica_(Storia-di-Venezia)/, {{cite book|title=Storia di Venezia|volume=1 - Origini, Età ducale - Famiglie e affermazione politica|author=Andrea Castagnetti}}</ref> According to manuscripts<ref name="Barbaro" /><ref name="Cappellari" /> in the [[Biblioteca Marciana]] and the family archives<ref name=Barbaro/> the Contarini claim direct descent of the Roman gens [[Aurelii|Aurelii Cottae]] through Publius Aurelius Cotta, son of [[Marcus Aurelius Cotta]] ([[Roman consul|consul]] in 74 BC and maternal uncle of [[Julius Caesar]]), who transferred his family to [[Padua]]. His grandson, Lucius Aurelius Cotta was elected [[prefect]] of the Reno; the area around the [[Reno (river)|Reno]] near [[Bologna]]. His first and second son and his male grandchildren continued in this position and added the cognomen Reno, becoming Cotta Reno or Cottareno. The last person to register Cottareno was Marcus Aurelius Cottareno in Padua in 290 AD and subsequently the family name was written as Contareno, or Contarini in [[Venetian language|Venetian]] (both the [[Latin]] and [[Venetian language|Venetian]] denomination of the family name have been used interchangeably since).<ref name=Barbaro/><ref name=Cappellari/><ref name=":0" /><ref name="teatro" />
In 338 AD Marcus Aurelius Contareno (or Marco Aurelio Contarini in [[Venetian language|Venetian]]), [[prefect]] of [[Concordia Sagittaria|Concordia]] under [[Constantine I]], was the first Contarini to permanently move his residence to the Venetian area.<ref name=teatro/> In 425 another Marcus Aurelius Contarini took part in the third Consular Triumvirate<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> of [[Rialto]], following the invasions of the [[Goths]] under [[Alaric I]], who from 402 pillaged the rich provinces of Istria and Venetia and [[Sack of Rome (410)|sacked Rome]] in 410. From the outset the affairs of the early exiles in the islands of the [[Venetian Lagoon|Venetian lagoon]] were managed by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Roman consul|Consuls]] elected at Padua, including the Contarini.<ref name=":3" /> Following the invasion by the [[Huns]] of [[Attila]] in 452 and the destruction of the large Roman cities of [[Padua]] and [[Aquileia]], the islands became a more permanent refuge for the swelling number of exiles.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{cite book|title=A History of Venice|last=Norwich|first=John Julius|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|year=1982|location=New York|author-link=John Julius Norwich}}</ref> In 466 the exiles decided upon a form of self-government through the annual election of [[Tribune]]s, who ultimately in 539 came under [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] rule through the [[Exarchate of Ravenna|Exarch of Ravenna]], forming a loose association of islands with its capital in [[Eraclea]]. According to tradition, in 697 under the guidance of the Patriarch of Grado, twelve Tribunes ruling the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] district of Venice elected the [[Paolo Lucio Anafesto|first Doge]] in [[Eraclea]], forming the independent [[Republic of Venice]].<ref>[[John the Deacon (Venetian chronicler)|John the Deacon]]. ''Chronicon Sagornini''.</ref> One of these Tribunes was Marcus Aurelius Contarini.<ref name="Cappellari" /> Twentieth century studies, however, cast doubt on the historicity of the first Doge [[Paolo Lucio Anafesto|Paolo Luccio Anafesto]] and his successor Doge [[Marcello Tegalliano]],<ref>{{DBI|author=Giorgio Ravegnani|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/anafesto-paoluccio_(Dizionario_Biografico)/ |title=Paoluccio Anafesto|volume=81}}</ref> suggesting that only following the murder of the Byzantine [[viceroy]] [[Paul (exarch)|Paul]] Exarch of Ravenna, did the inhabitants of the islands chose their first Doge, [[Orso Ipato]] from [[Eraclea]].<ref name=":4" />
Whoever was historically the first, the Contarini family has since the earliest Venetian chronicles been associated with the birth of the [[Republic of Venice|Republic]] and election of the first Doge. They formed part of the 'duodecim nobiliorum proles Venetiarum' (or the 'twelve noblest families of Venice') and the 12 apostolic families, the oldest of the 247 patrician families in the [[Great Council of Venice|Great Council]] following the [[Serrata del Maggior Consiglio|Serrata]] of 1297.<ref>Chojnacki, Stanley, [http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/la-formazione-dello-stato-patrizio-diritto-finanze-economia-la-formazione-della-nobilta-dopo-la-serrata_%28Storia-di-Venezia%29/ La formazione della nobiltà dopo la Serrata], in Arnaldi, Girolamo; Cracco, Giorgio; Tenenti, Alberto (a cura di), Storia di Venezia dalle origini alla caduta della Serenissima, 3. La formazione dello stato patrizio, Roma, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 1997, pp. 641-725.</ref> As the first inhabitants in the lagoon came from what were provinces of [[Roman Empire|Rome]] in the 5th century, the Rialto initially being governed by a Consular Triumvirate elected at [[Padua]] and subsequently by Tribunes who were elected from among the most prominent members in their former Roman communes, it is not uncommon among the oldest Venetian patrician families to find Roman ancestry (e.g. {{ill|Quirini|it|Querini}} descended from gens [[Sulpicia (gens)|Sulpicii Quirini]], [[Marcello (family)|Marcello]] descended from gens [[Claudia (gens)|Claudii Marcelli]]),<ref name="Cappellari" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> families who often kept their [[Praenomen|praenomina]] traditions and preserved their genealogy. The older branch Aurelli Cottae of the gens Aurelia came to prominence with the election of Gaius Aurelius Cotta as [[Roman consul|consul]] in 252 BC and again in 248 BC during the [[First Punic War]] and by the time Publius Aurelius Cotta moved to Padua [[List of Roman consuls|four]] of his [[Patrilineality|patrilineal]] ancestors, including his father, had achieved [[Roman consul|consulship]] in the [[Roman Republic]].
In the Republic of Venice in 1043 [[Domenico I Contarini|Domenico I]] was elected and became the first Doge in the family Contarini. By 1797, when the [[Ludovico Manin|last Doge]] was forced to abdicate, the family had produced eight Doges of their own - the greatest number of Doges in one family. The Contarini count as well 44 [[Procurator of San Marco|Procurators of San Marco]], the second most prestigious life appointment after that of the Doge, plus various important ambassadors, diplomats, cardinals and navy commanders among them (in the famous [[Battle of Lepanto]] no less than 6 ships were commanded by Contarini). T
=== Surviving branch in Sicily === A branch remains in Sicily today.<ref name=":6" /> With the arrival of Alvise Contarini in [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] at the invitation of [[Martin I of Sicily]] this branch of the family was established in Sicily in 1394, the year in which Alvise married Cesarea Modica of Baron Pietro di Modica.<ref name=":6" /> Alvise Contarini was given the fiefdoms of San Giacomo Belmineo and [[Solarino]] as part of the dowry. In 1406 he was elected [[mayor]] of Syracuse,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=http://archivia.unict.it/bitstream/10761/978/1/GNLGPP51L09I754E-Urbs%20fidelissima.pdfa.pdf|title=Urbs fidelissima. Il governo di Siracusa durante la Camera reginale (1282-1536), actually the contarini family live in Brazil in district of Minas Gerais,known for Contarini afrantes|last=Agnello|first=Giuseppe|date=2011|publisher=UNIVERSITÀ DI CATANIA FACOLTÀ DI LETTERE E FILOSOFIA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925064710/http://archivia.unict.it/bitstream/10761/978/1/GNLGPP51L09I754E-Urbs%20fidelissima.pdfa.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> followed by numerous other communal, ministerial and military official positions for his descendants<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /> in the [[Kingdom of Sicily]] and the [[Kingdom of Italy]] after the [[Italian unification|Risorgimento]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://notes9.senato.it/web/senregno.nsf/c9a692e20ea5e59dc125785e003c094c/8d4075ca4a1b4ba34125646f005a630f?OpenDocument|title=Senatori del Regno (1848-1943)|website=Senato della Repubblica|access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref> In Sicily the family carries the title [[Duke]] {{ill|Duke of Castrofilippo|lt=of Castrofilippo|it|Ducato di Castrofilippo}}.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=http://www.regione.sicilia.it/beniculturali/bibliotecacentrale/mango/coniglio.htm|title=NOBILIARIO DI SICILIA. Vol. 2 - Notizie e stemmi relativi alle famiglie nobili siciliane|last=Mango di Casalgerardo|first=Antonino|date=1912|publisher=A. Reber, Palermo}}</ref>
==Notable members== * Marco Aurelio Contarini, [[Roman consul]] elected at [[Padua]], took part in the third Consular Triumvirate<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Il Corelio|last=Zabarella|first=Giacomo|year=1664}}</ref> of [[Rialto]], from 425 to 426<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Aurelio Contarini, son of Marco Aurelio, moved to the [[Venetian Lagoon]]s following invasion of [[Attila]] and became [[Tribune]] of [[Rialto]] in 453<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Marco Aurelio Contarini, one of 12 [[Tribune]]s who elected the [[Paolo Lucio Anafesto|first Doge]] in 697<ref name="Cappellari" /> at the initiation of the [[Patriarch of Grado]]<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=The Venetian Republic|last=Hazlitt|first=W. Carew|publisher=Adam and Charles Black|year=1915|location=London}}</ref> * Luigi Contarini, [[Procurator of San Marco]] in 864<ref name="Cappellari" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Blasone Veneto, o gentlizie insegne delle famiglie patrizie.|last=Coronelli|first=Vincenzo|year=1706}}</ref> * Antonio Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 865<ref name="Cappellari" /><ref name=":1" /> * Contarino Contarini, Tribune of [[Chioggia|Choggia]] in 880<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Marco Contarini, son of Teodosio, Procurator of San Marco in 899<ref name="Cappellari" /><ref name=":1" /> * Marino Contarini (d. 953), [[Patriarch of Grado]] in 919<ref name="Cappellari" /><ref name=":0" /> * Giovanni Contarini, Ambassador to [[Pope John XII]] in 959<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Marco Contarini, son of Giovanni, Procurator of San Marco in 991<ref name="Cappellari" /><ref name=":1" /> * Domenico Contarini (d. 1074), Bishop of [[San Pietro di Castello (island)|Olivolo]] or Rialto from 1044 to 1074<ref name="Cappellari" /> * '''[[Domenico I Contarini]] (d. 1071), 30th [[Doge of Venice]] from 1043 to 1071''' * Domenico Contarini, son of Giovanni, Bishop of Venice from 1070 to 1091<ref name="Cappellari" /> * [[Enrico Contarini]] (d. 1108), [[Bishop of Castello]] from 1074 to 1108 * Marco Contarini (d. 1149), son of Giovanni, Procurator of San Marco in 1143<ref name="Cappellari" /><ref name=":1" /> * Bertucci Contarini, captain in the fleet of doge [[Enrico Dandolo]], conquering [[Zadar]] in 1202 and [[Sack of Constantinople (1204)|Constantinople]] in 1204 during the [[Fourth Crusade]] * '''[[Jacopo Contarini]] (1194–1280), 47th Doge of Venice from 1275 to 1280''' * Marino Contarini (d. 1293), Procurator of San Marco in 1286<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Nicolo Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1299<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Alberto Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1300<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Nicolo Contarini (d. 1331), Procurator of San Marco in 1326<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Elisabetta Contarini, wife of Doge [[Francesco Dandolo]], [[dogaressa]] of Venice from 1328 to 1339 * Stefano Contarini (d. 1352), Procurator of San Marco in 1347<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Zaccaria Contarini, diplomat and [[Bailo of Constantinople]] in 1349<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Maffio Contarini, Governor ([[Provveditore|Provvedittore]]) of [[Albania]] in 1355 * '''[[Andrea Contarini]] (d. 1382), 60th Doge of Venice from 1368 to 1382''' * Antonio Contarini (d. 1386), Bishop of [[Adria]] from 1384 to 1386<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Lorenzo Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1377<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Andrea Contarini (d. 1443), Ambassador in Rome to [[Pope Gregory XII]] in 1406, the first Venetian Pope<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Girolamo Contarini, Governor of [[Verona]] in 1408<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Antonio Contarini (d. 1441), Governor of [[Zadar]] and played an important role in regaining control of Zadar in 1409 from [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]]<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Alvise Contarini, Mayor of [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]] in 1406 * Luigi (Lodovico) Contarini, senator of the [[Kingdom of Sicily]] from 1414 * Andrea Contarini, executed in 1430 by hanging between the two red pillars of the [[Doge's Palace|Palazzo Ducale]] following his failed assassination attempt on Doge [[Francesco Foscari]]<ref name="Cappellari" /><ref name=":3" /> * Marino Contarini (d. 1455), Bishop of [[Kotor]] in 1430, Bishop of [[Treviso]] in 1453<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Stefano Contarini, diplomat and Procurator of San Marco in 1441<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Federico Contarini, diplomat and Procurator of San Marco in 1445<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Nadalino Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1459<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Leonardo Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1449<ref name="Cappellari" /> * [[Bartolomeo Contarini (nobleman)|Bartolomeo Contarini]] (15th century), Governor of the [[Duchy of Athens]] on behalf of [[Francesco I Acciaioli]] * [[Ambrogio Contarini]] (1429–1499), Ambassador to Sultan of [[Iran|Persia]] [[Uzun Hasan]] from 1473 to 1476<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Maffio Contarini (d. 1460), [[Patriarch of Venice]] from 1456 to 1460<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Andrea Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1463<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Scipione Contarini, Bishop of Torcello from 1471 to 1485<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Giovanni Matteo Contarini, Governor of Albania in 1466<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Contarina Contarini, wife of Doge [[Nicolò Marcello]], dogaressa of Venice from 1473 to 1474 * Francesco Contarini, Governor of Albania in 1475<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Federico Contarini, [[Provveditore]] of the [[Venetian navy|Venetian Navy]] in 1482<ref name="Cappellari" /> * [[Gasparo Contarini]] (1483–1542), diplomat and [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Belluno-Feltre|Bishop of Belluno]] from 1536 to 1542 * Bertucci Contarini (d. 1490), Procurator of San Marco in 1485<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Girolamo Contarini, [[Provveditore|Provveditori]] of the Venetian Navy in 1495<ref name="Cappellari" /> * [[Pietro Contarini (died 1495)|Pietro Contarini]] (d. 1495), Venetian governor of Naxos * [[Giovanni Matteo Contarini]] (d. 1507), cartographer who designed the 1506 [[Contarini–Rosselli map]] * Zaccaria Contarini, Ambassador to King [[Charles VIII of France]] in 1491<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Lodovico Contarini, [[Patriarch of Venice]] in 1508<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Antonio Contarini (d. 1524), [[Patriarch of Venice]] from 1508 to 1524<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Bartolomeo Contarini, Ambassador to Ottoman [[Sultan]] [[Selim I]] in 1517<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Carlo Contarini, Ambassador to [[Archduke]] [[Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand I]] in 1523<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Bernardo Contarini, [[Bailo]] of [[Nafplio]] in 1524<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Giovanni Contarini, Provveditori of the Venetian Navy in 1528<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Luigi Contarini, [[Bailo]] of [[Nafplio]] in 1531 * Paolo and Francesco Contarini, patricians who commissioned the [[Villa Contarini]] in [[Piazzola sul Brenta]] in 1546 * Giacomo Contarini (1536–1595), Venetian patron and collector of mathematical instruments * [[Pietro Contarini (bishop)|Pietro Contarini]] (1591–1563), [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Paphos|Bishop of Paphos]] in 1557 * Giulio Contarini (d. 1580), Procurator of San Marco in 1537<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Marc' Antonio Contarini, Ambassador to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] from 1529 to 1533, Ambassador in Rome to [[Pope Paul III]] in 1538<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Alessandro Contarini (d. 1553), Procurator of San Marco in 1538<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Tomasso Contarini, Governor of Verona in 1541, Procurator of San Marco in 1557<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Giulio Contarini, [[Bishop of Belluno]] from 1542 to 1575<ref name="Cappellari" /> * {{ill|Pietro Francesco Contarini|de}}, Patriarch of Venice from in 1554<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Tomasso Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1558<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Tomasso Contarini, Ambassador to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] in 1535 and Procurator of San Marco in 1543<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Francesco Contarini, Ambassador to [[Pope Paul IV]] in 1555, Ambassador to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] and Procurator of San Marco in 1556<ref name="Cappellari" /> * [[Giovanni Contarini]] (1549–1605), painter of the [[Venetian school (art)|Venetian School]] * Francesco Contarini, [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Paphos|Bishop of Paphos]] in 1562, Bishop of [[Cyprus]] in 1570<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Luigi Contarini (d. 1579), Ambassador to the Duke of Ferrara in 1569, Ambassador to King of France in 1577<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Federico Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1570<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Leonardo Contarini, Ambassador in Germany in 1571<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Girolamo Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1571<ref name="Cappellari" /> * [[Cecilia Contarini]], wife of Doge [[Sebastiano Venier]], admiral of the fleet at the [[Battle of Lepanto]], dogaressa of Venice from 1577 to 1578 * Tomaso Contarini (d. 1617), Governor of [[Vicenza]] in 1589, later Ambassador to the [[Dutch Republic]], Ambassador to Holy Roman Emperor [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolf II]], Ambassador to [[Pope Paul V]] * Zaccaria Contarini, Ambassador to [[Pope Gregory XIV]] in 1590, Ambassador to [[Pope Clement VIII]] in 1596, Procurator of San Marco in 1599<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Giovanni Paolo Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1594<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Tommaso Contarini, [[Archbishop]] of [[Heraklion|Candia]] from 1597 to 1604<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Girolamo Contarini, Bishop of [[Koper|Capo d'Istria]] from 1600 to 1619<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Bernardo Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1602<ref name="Cappellari" /> * [[Piero Contarini]], Ambassador to [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy|Charles Emmanuel I]], [[Counts and dukes of Savoy|Duke of Savoy]] in 1606<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Tomaso Contarini, Ambassador to [[Pope Paul V]] in 1612<ref name="Cappellari" /> * [[Piero Contarini]], Ambassador to [[Holy Roman Emperor]] [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolf II]] in 1606, Ambassador to [[Pope Paul V]], Ambassador to King [[James VI and I|James I]] of [[England]] in 1617<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Simone Contarini, [[Bailo of Constantinople]] in 1608, Ambassador to King [[Louis XIII]] of France in 1617, Ambassador to Holy Roman Emperor [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand II]] in 1619, Procurator of San Marco in 1620, Ambassador to King [[Philip IV of Spain]] in 1621, Ambassador to [[List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire|Sultan]] [[Mustafa I]] in 1622, Ambassador to King Louis XIII of France in 1625<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Gasparo Contarini, Ambassador to the [[Dutch Republic]] in 1608<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Alvise Contarini, Ambassador to [[Pope Paul V]] in 1613<ref name="Cappellari" /> * '''[[Francesco Contarini]] (1556–1624), 95th Doge of Venice from 1623 to 1624''' * Angelo Contarini (d. 1657), Ambassador to King [[Charles I of England]] in 1625, Ambassador to [[Pope Urban VIII]] in 1629, Ambassador to the Holy Roman Emperor [[Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor|Ferdinand III]] in 1637, Ambassador to [[Louis XIII]] of France in 1638, Ambassador to Pope Urban VIII in 1640, Procurator of San Marco in 1642, Ambassador to [[Pope Urban VIII]] in 1642, Ambassador to [[Pope Innocent X]] in 1646<ref name="Cappellari" /> * [[Alvise Contarini (diplomat)|Alvise Contarini]] (1597–1651), Ambassador to King [[Charles I of England]] in 1627, Ambassador to King [[Louis XIII]] of France, Ambassador to [[Pope Urban VIII]] in 1632, [[Bailo of Constantinople]] in 1636, mediator in Congress of Munster from 1641 until signing of [[Peace of Westphalia]] in 1648<ref name="Cappellari" /> * '''[[Nicolò Contarini]] (1553–1631), 97th Doge of Venice from 1630 to 1631''' * Giorgio Contarini, Governor of [[Vicenza]] in 1638 * Andrea Contarini, son of Doge [[Carlo Contarini]], Procurator of San Marco in 1645, Ambassador to King [[John II Casimir Vasa]] of Poland in 1649, Ambassador to [[Pope Clement IX]] in 1667 and to [[Pope Clement X]] in 1670<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Tomaso Contarini, [[Provveditore]] of [[Venetian Dalmatia|Dalmatia]] in 1647<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Angelo Contarini, Governor of Verona in 1649<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Giulio Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1651<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Francesco Contarini, Governor of Verona in 1651<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Vicenzo Contarini, Ambassador to England ([[English Council of State|Council of State]]) in 1653<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Giacomo Contarini, Governor of Verona in 1653<ref name="Cappellari" /> * '''[[Carlo Contarini]] (1580–1656), 100th Doge of Venice from 1655 to 1656''' * Girolamo Contarini, Captain of [[galleon]] in 1657, [[Provveditore]] of [[Venetian Dalmatia|Dalmatia]] and [[Venetian Albania|Albania]] in 1667<ref name="Cappellari" /> * '''[[Domenico II Contarini]] (1585–1675), 104th Doge of Venice from 1659 to 1675''' * Marco Contarini (d. 1689), Procurator of San Marco in 1662<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Carlo Contarini, Ambassador to King [[Charles II of Spain]]<ref name="Cappellari" /> * '''[[Alvise Contarini]] (1601–1684), 106th Doge of Venice from 1676 to 1684''' * Domenico Contarini, Ambassador to Holy Roman Emperor [[Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor|Leopold I]]<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Carlo Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1685<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Pietro Contarini, Procurator of San Marco in 1701<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Girolamo Contarini, [[Provveditore]] of [[Corfu]] in 1701<ref name="Cappellari" /> * [[Luigi Contarini]], Procurator of San Marco 1703<ref name="Cappellari" /> * Antonio Contarini, Governor of Verona in 1713<ref name="Cappellari" /> * [[Polissena Contarini Da Mula|Polissena Contarini da Mula]], wife of Doge [[Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo]], dogaressa of Venice from 1771 to 1778 * Count [[Nicolò Bertucci Contarini]] (1780–1849), naturalist * {{ill|Luigi Filippo Contarini|it|Luigi Contarini}} (1841–1908), mayor of [[Agrigento]] and [[senator for life]], Kingdom of Sicily
<gallery caption="Other palaces built for the Contarini family in Venice"> File:Palazzo Corner Contarini dei Cavalli (Venice).jpg|[[Palazzo Corner Contarini dei Cavalli]] File:Palazzo Contarini delle Figure (Venice).JPG|[[Palazzo Contarini delle Figure]] File:Palazzo Contarini de Corfù.jpg|Palazzo Contarini Corfù File:Palazzo Venier Contarini (Venice).jpg|Palazzo Venier Contarini File:Palazzo Contarini del Zaffo Polignac Venezia.jpg|[[Palazzo Contarini Polignac]] File:Palazzo Contarini degli Scrigni (Venice).jpg|Palazzo Contarini degli Scrigni File:Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo (Venice) - Facade.jpg|[[Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo]] File:Pal contarini pisani gran canal.JPG|[[Palazzo Contarini Pisani]] File:Venezia - Palazzo Contarini Fasan.jpg|[[Palazzo Contarini Fasan]] </gallery>
==See also== *[[Ca' d'Oro]], Venice *[[Palazzo Correr Contarini Zorzi]] *[[Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo]], Venice *[[Villa Contarini]] in [[Piazzola sul Brenta]] *''[[Contarini Fleming]]'', a novel by the British prime minister [[Benjamin Disraeli]]
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