{{Short description|Doge of Venice from 1554 to 1556}} {{more citations needed|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Francesco Venier | image = Tiziano, Portrait of Doge Francesco Venier Oil on canvas, Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection.jpg | caption = Portrait by Titian | order = | office = Doge of Venice | term_start = 1554 | term_end = 1556 | predecessor = Marcantonio Trivisan | successor = Lorenzo Priuli | birth_name = | birth_date = 1489 | birth_place = | death_date = 2 June 1556 | death_place = | resting_place = | spouse = | parents = | alma_mater = | profession = }} thumb|Coat of arms of Francesco Venier thumb|Francesco Venier's monument in San Salvador (Venice)
'''Francesco Venier''' (1489 – 2 June 1556) was the Doge of Venice from 1554 to his death in 1556.<ref name=dates>{{cite book |title= An index of dates: Comprehending the principal facts in the chronology and history of the world, from the earliest to the present time |last1= Rosse |first1= J. Willoughby |last2= Blair |first2= John |year= 1859 |publisher= Harvard University |page= 888 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=f_EMAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Francesco+Donato%22}}</ref>
Venier was the son of Giovanni Venier and Maria Loredan. His maternal grandfather was Doge Leonardo Loredan.
==See also== * House of Venier
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