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House of Loredan-Santa Maria
Noble House
Coat of Arms of the House of Loredan
Parent family House of Loredan
CountryFormer
 Republic of Venice
Modern
 Albania
 Croatia
 Cyprus
 Greece
 Italy
 Montenegro
 Slovenia
Current region Croatia
 United Kingdom
Etymologyby the churches of Santa Maria Formosa and Santa Maria dei Miracoli
Place of origin Venice
Founded14th century
FounderPietro Loredan
TitlesProcurator of Saint Mark
Regent of the Archipelago
Duchess of the Archipelago
Duke of Albania
Duke of Morea
Duke of Dalmatia
Duke of Friuli
Count of Brescia
Count of Crema
Count of Famagusta
Count of Feltre
Count of Kotor
Count of Palmanova
Count of Peschiera
Count of Pula
Count of Rovigo
Count of Salò
Count of Scutari
Count of Spalato
Count of Treviso
Count of Zara
Lord of Antiparos
Lady of Ios
Lady of Naxos
Lady of Paros
Lady of Therasia
Members
Connected members
Connected families
DistinctionsOrder of Saint Mark
TraditionsRoman Catholicism
MottoNON NOBIS DOMINE
(Praise us not, O Lord.)

The House of Loredan-Santa Maria is a cadet branch of the noble House of Loredan which has produced many politicians, diplomats, military generals, naval captains, church dignitaries, writers and lawyers, and has played a significant role in the creation of modern opera with the Accademia degli Incogniti, also called the Loredanian Academy. The branch draws its name from the parishes of Santa Maria Formosa and Santa Maria dei Miracoli in Venice, around which it was historically settled. The progenitor of the branch is considered to be the famous admiral and procurator Pietro Loredan (1372-1438) by his sons Giacomo and Polo.

History

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Palazzo Loredan a Santa Maria

The branch of Santa Maria originated from the sons of the admiral Pietro Loredan (1372-1438), Giacomo (1396-1471) and Polo, in the late 14th century. From the two brothers it was divided into two separate lineages named after two nearby parishes around which its members were settled - Santa Maria Formosa (by the homonymous church in Castello) and Santa Maria Nova (by the Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli in Cannaregio). Besides Venice, in the following centuries the branch also settled in the Aegean islands and on the Dalmatian coast.

Giacomo Loredan (1396-1471) was a military general who served as Captain of the Gulf and three times as Captain General of the Sea in the Venetian Navy.[1] He defeated the Ottomans in battle in 1464. For his many merits towards his homeland, his portrait was placed in the hall of the Great Council in the Doge's Palace, where it remained until the fire of 1577. According to Girolamo Priuli he was "handsome in body and very vigorous, prudent, just and liberal".[2]

Antonio Loredan (on the right) and a Young Man, by Vittore Carpaccio, 1495, Gallerie dell'Accademia

Antonio Loredan (1420-1482) was captain of Venetian-held Scutari and governor in Split (Venetian Dalmatia), Venetian Albania and the Morea.[3] He is famous for the successful defence of Scutari from Sultan Mehmed II's Ottoman forces led by Hadım Suleiman Pasha.[4] According to some sources, when the Scutari garrison complained for lack of food and water, Loredan told them: "If you are hungry, here is my flesh; if you are thirsty, I give you my blood."[5] He also served as the Captain General of the Sea and is notable for commissioning the Legend of Saint Ursula (1497/98), a series of large wall-paintings by Vittore Carpaccio originally created for Scuola di Sant'Orsola which was under the patronage of the Loredan family.[6]

The family is also significant for the island of Antiparos in the Aegean Sea.[7] Apparently the Venetians did not pay much attention to the island which by the beginning of the 15th century was a pirate base and haven. This changed when the lord of the island became Giovanni Loredan, who had married Maria Sommaripa (d. 1446) from the family of the rulers of Paros, with whom he had a daughter Lucrezia Loredan (1446-1528), Lady of Antiparos.[8] Loredan brought new inhabitants to the island at his own expense and built the castle in 1440 which had a very specific and unique style of architecture.[9] The castle and the island remained in the ownership of the House of Loredan until 1480 when they were given as a dowry to Domenico Pisani, son of the Duke of Crete who had married Fiorenza, the daughter of the Duke of Naxos.[10]

Taddea Caterina Loredan, Duchess of the Archipelago, known as "a lady of wisdom and great talent",[11] was the wife of Francesco III Crispo, who was mentally ill and was known as the "Mad Duke".[11] Francesco attacked her in August of 1510; Taddea tried to escape from him, and she fled to the castle of her cousin Lucrezia Loredan, Lady of Ios and Therasia, where Francesco had followed her a day later and attacked her again, on the 17th of August 1510, now murdering her.[11] Their son John IV Crispo became the next Duke of the Archipelago in 1517, after a regency period during which he was still too young to rule. A 1908 book by historian William Miller titled "The Latins in the Levant, a History of Frankish Greece" indicates that the regent of the Duchy from 1511 to 1517 was Taddea's brother Antonio Loredan.[11]

Marco Loredan (1489-1557) was a senator and politician, as well as Count of Brescia, Feltre, Rovigo, Salò and Famagusta, presiding over a time of famine and poverty following the War of the League of Cambrai.[12][13]

Marco Loredan (d. 1577) was a priest and senator who was appointed by Pope Julius II as the Bishop of Nona (today Nin, Croatia), a position which he held from 1554 to 1577.[14] He was also appointed by Pope Gregory XIII as the Apostolic Administrator and Archbishop of Zara (today Zadar, Croatia), where he stayed from 1573 until his death on the 25th of June, 1577.[13]

Portrait of Giovanni Francesco Loredan, by Giacomo Piccini

Giovanni Francesco Loredan, born in 1607, was a writer and politician. He was born in Venice as the son of Lorenzo Loredan and Leonora Boldù.[15] When both of his parents died while he was very young, he was raised by his uncle Antonio Boldù and had as his teacher Antonio Colluraffi.[16][17] He divided his youth between hard study and an extravagant lifestyle.[18] He attended the classes of renowned Aristotelian philosopher Cesare Cremoni in Padua and began, before 1623, to gather around him the group of scholars who then formed the Accademia degli Incogniti, also called the Loredanian academy.[19] As founder of the Accademia degli Incogniti and a member of many other Academies, he had close contact with almost all the scholars of his time.[20] He and his circle played a decisive role in the creation of modern opera.[21][22] In addition to literary activity, he also took part in public affairs.[23] At twenty he was recorded in the Golden Book, but his career began quite late: in September 1632 he was elected Savio agli Ordini and in 1635 he was treasurer of the fortress of Palmanova. On his return in 1636 he reorganized the Accademia degli Incogniti and, in 1638, despite attempts to avoid it, he was obliged, as the only descendant of his branch, to contract marriage with Laura Valier.[24] He was then Provveditore ai Banchi (1640), Provveditore alle Pompe (1642), and in 1648 he made the leap to the rank of Avogador del Comùn that he held several times (1651, 1656 and 1657).[25] He subsequently joined the office of the State Inquisitors and became a member of the Council of Ten. In 1656 he entered the Minor Consiglio, that is, among the six patricians who, together with the doge, composed the Serenissima Signoria. However, he may then have been pushed out of office, as in the following years he no longer held important positions. In 1660 he was a Provveditore in Peschiera. The following year, on the 13th of August 1661, he died.[26]

St. Michael's Fort in Ugljan, built by Venetians in 1202.

Although most Venetian nobles usually came to Dalmatian cities on political or military duty, and stayed until the end of their term, branches of some Venetian noble families, such as the Loredans, the Venier, and the da Mosto families, settled in and around Zara.[27] A part of the Santa Maria branch of the Loredan family has been settled on the Dalmatian island of Ugljan (today part of Croatia) since the 18th century.[a] Descendants today still live on the island, as well as in London.

A document describing Antonio Loredan, Count and Captain of Zara, judging over a dispute over the cutting of a tree in the cemetery next to the church of St. Lawrence in Lukoran, Ugljan, on the 23rd of July, 1610.

Titles

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Title Type Modern country
Procurator of St. Mark noble and political  Italy
Regent of the Archipelago noble  Greece
Duchess of the Archipelago noble  Greece
Duke of the Kingdom of the Morea noble and political  Greece
Duke of Dalmatia noble and political  Croatia
Duke of Albania noble and political  Albania
Duke of Friuli noble and political  Italy
Count of Treviso noble and political  Italy
Count of Rovigo noble and political  Italy
Count of Palmanova noble and political  Italy
Count of Brescia noble and political  Italy
Count of Peschiera del Garda noble and political  Italy
Count of Crema noble and political  Italy
Count of Feltre noble and political  Italy
Count of Salò noble and political  Italy
Count of Zara noble and political  Croatia
Count of Spalato noble and political  Croatia
Count of Pula noble and political  Croatia
Count of Kotor noble and political  Montenegro
Count of Scutari noble and political  Albania
Count of Famagusta noble and political  Cyprus
Lord of Antiparos noble  Greece
Lady of Ios noble  Greece
Lady of Therasia noble  Greece
Lady of Naxos noble  Greece
Lady of Paros noble  Greece
Lady of Antiparos noble  Greece
Bailo of Corfu diplomatic  Greece
Bailo of Negroponte diplomatic  Greece
Captain General of the Sea naval  Greece
Captain of the Gulf naval  Montenegro
Savio del Consiglio political  Italy
Avogador de Comùn legal  Italy
Archbishop of Zara ecclesiastical  Croatia
Bishop of Nona ecclesiastical  Croatia

Genealogy

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Note: Genealogical trees are partial and do not feature recent members.

Santa Maria Formosa

House of Loredan-Santa Maria Formosa
Alvise LoredanGiovanna (d. after 1404)
Pietro Loredan (1372-1438)Campagnola LandoGiorgio LoredanGiovanni Loredan (d. 1420)
Polo LoredanGiacomo Loredan (1396-1471)Beatrice MarcelloMaria LoredanFrancesco Barbaro (1390-1454)
Antonio Loredan (1420-1482)Orsola PisaniLuca Loredan
San Cancian
Giovanni LoredanMarco LoredanJacopo Loredan
Santa Maria Nova
Gianfrancesco Loredan
Lorenzo Loredan (d. 1608)Leonora Boldù (d. 1609)Maria Loredan
Giovanni Francesco Loredan (1607-1661)Laura Valier
Antonio Loredan (b. 1641)Antonio Alberto Loredan (b. 1644)Ottavio Loredan (b. 1648)Lorenzo Loredan (b. 1649)Elena Loredan
Lorenzo Loredan "Lolo"

Note: Giacomo Loredan (1396-1471) and Beatrice Marcello had several children,[28] although only Antonio Loredan and Luca Loredan are featured in this genealogical tree.

Note: Antonio Loredan (1420-1482) and Orsola Pisani had many children,[29] although only three sons (Giovanni, Marco, Jacopo) are featured in this genealogical tree.[30][31]

Santa Maria Nova

House of Loredan-Santa Maria Nova
Alvise LoredanGiovanna (d. after 1404)
Pietro Loredan (1372-1438)Campagnola LandoGiorgio LoredanGiovanni Loredan (d. 1420)
Beatrice MarcelloGiacomo Loredan (1396-1471)Polo LoredanMaria LoredanFrancesco Barbaro (1390-1454)
San Cancian
Alvise Loredan (d. 1502)Argentina Vincenzina Contarini
Santa Maria Formosa
Alessandro LoredanLorenzo LoredanMarco Loredan (1489-1557)Elisabetta Contarini
Alvise Loredan (1533-1560)Nicolò Loredan (1534-1560)Giovanni Loredan (1537-1571)Polo Loredan (1540-1593)Pietro Loredan (1541-1565)

Note: Alvise Loredan (d. 1502) and Argentina Vincenzina Contarini had 10 children - 4 sons and 6 daughters, although only Alessandro, Lorenzo and Marco Loredan (1489-1557) are featured in the genealogical tree.[32]

Note: Besides the five sons listed, Marco Loredan (1489-1557) and Elisabetta Contarini also had daughters.

Alvise Loredan (d. 1502) was a military general.

Alvise Loredan (1533-1560) was assassinated in 1560.

Giovanni Loredan (1537-1571) was killed in the Echinades, Ionian Sea, as a commander of a galley in the Battle of Lepanto.

Polo Loredan (1540-1493) was the one to continue the lineage.

Ducal line in Greece

House of Loredan-Greece
Giovanni LoredanMaria Sommaripa
Francesco CrispoLucrezia Loredan (1446-1528)Paolo PaternoFrancesco III Crispo (1483-1511)Taddea Caterina Loredan (d. 1510)Antonio Loredan
Caterina CrispoJohn IV Crispo (1499-1564)Adriana Gozzadini
Caterina Crispo (b. 1516)Francesco IV Crispo (1518-1550)Taddea Crispo (b. 1519)Giacomo IV Crispo (1520-1576)
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Notes

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  • ^ a: Although most Venetian nobles usually came to Dalmatian cities on political or military duty, and stayed until the end of their term, branches of some Venetian noble families, such as the Loredans, the Venier, and the da Mosto families, settled in and around Zara.[33]
  • ^ b: In the actual Venetian language, his name was Pie[t]ro Loredano; in contemporary Greek sources, he is encountered as Πέτρος Λορδᾶς, Λαυρεδάνος, or Λορδάνο.

References

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  2. ^ Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Vol. 65. Rome: Levis-Lorenzetti.
  3. ^ Honour, Hugh (1997). The Companion Guide to Venice. Companion Guides. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-900639-24-8.
  4. ^ Soranzo, Girolamo (1968). Bibliografia veneziana in aggiunta e continuazione del "Saggio" di E. A. Cicogna (in Italian). Bologna. p. 73.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Marshall Smith, C. (1927). The Seven Ages of Venice: A Romantic Rendering of Venetian History. Blackie & Son. p. 134.
  6. ^ "Loredàn, Antonio nell'Enciclopedia Treccani". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  7. ^ Zabarella, Jacopo (1646). Trasea Peto (in Italian). Padua.
  8. ^ "The Venetian Castle of Antiparos". Antiparos island, Greece - Antiparos.com. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  9. ^ Miller, William (1908). The Latins in the Levant, a History of Frankish Greece (1204-1566). New York City: E.P. Dutton & Company.
  10. ^ Papathanassiou, Manolis. "Castle of Antiparos". Καστρολόγος. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  11. ^ a b c d Miller, William (1908). The Latins in the Levant: A History of Frankish Greece (1204–1566). London: John Murray. pp. 618–620. OCLC 563022439.
  12. ^ "LOREDAN, Marco in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  13. ^ a b Hierarchia Catholica, Vol. 3. p. 260.
  14. ^ Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1554.
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  16. ^ Ferrari, Luigi (1947). Onomasticon. Milan. p. 415.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  18. ^ Maidalchino, Francesco (1634). Il Loredano. Venice: Panegirico.
  19. ^ Brocchi, V. L'accademia e la novella nel Seicento: Giovan Francesco Loredan. 1897.
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  21. ^ Rosand, Ellen (2007). Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice: the Creation of a Genre. University of California Press.
  22. ^ Manini, L. (2015). Giovan Francesco Loredano, Morte del Volestein e altre opere. La Finestra Editrice. ISBN 978-8895925-60-8.
  23. ^ Morini, A. (1994). La vie et l'oeuvre de Giovan Francesco Loredan (in French). Université de Paris.
  24. ^ Brunacci, G. (1662). Vita di Giovan Francesco Loredan. Venice.
  25. ^ Morini, A. (1997). Giovan Francesco Loredan: sémiologie d'une crise (in French).
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  27. ^ Sander-Faes, Stephan Karl (2013). Urban Elites of Zadar: Dalmatia and the Venetian Commonwealth (1540-1569). Viella. p. 176.
  28. ^ "LOREDAN, Giacomo in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  29. ^ "LOREDAN, Antonio in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  30. ^ Gullino, Giuseppe (2005). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol. 65 (in Italian).
  31. ^ Mason Rinaldi, Stefania (2000). Carpaccio: The Major Pictorial Cycles. Skira. p. 33. ISBN 978-88-8118-737-9.
  32. ^ "LOREDAN, Pietro in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  33. ^ Sander-Faes, Stephan Karl (2013). Urban Elites of Zadar: Dalmatia and the Venetian Commonwealth (1540-1569). Viella. p. 176.

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