Английская Википедия:Giovanni Michiel (13th century)

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Giovanni Michiel was a 13th-century Venetian nobleman, merchant, and administrator.

Life

Giovanni Michiel is first attested as a merchant in 1213, in the Venetian colonies of Coron and Modon in southern Greece.Шаблон:Sfn He was one of four Venetian merchants who leased the two colonies from the Republic in the 1220s, and is again attested in the area in 1224 and 1234, as well as Negroponte and Thebes (in central Greece).Шаблон:Sfn He also held senior government positions, being sent as ambassador to Constantinople in 1223 and serving as ducal councillor in 1224, Duke of Crete in 1227–1228, and again ducal councillor in 1228/29.Шаблон:Sfn

In 1231 he is attested as a judge in Venice, then sent to Zara as governor ('count') in 1233, and again as judge in Venice in 1238–39.Шаблон:Sfn In 1239 he also began a two-year term as the Venetian Podestà of Constantinople, during which time he commanded the Venetian fleet in a victorious naval battle against the Greeks of the Empire of Nicaea.Шаблон:Sfn

After his return to Venice, he served as governor (podestà) of Chioggia in 1246, and again as judge in Venice in 1247–1248.Шаблон:Sfn

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