Enrico Dandolo

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Enrico Dandolo was the blind and elderly but fiercely ambitious Doge of Venice who masterminded the diversion of the Fourth Crusade and the sack of Constantinople, becoming a key architect of Latin rule in the former Byzantine capital.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Enrico Dandolo canonical 9
Doge Enrico Dandolo 2
Dandolo 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Doge of Venice ⓘ
crusader ⓘ
human ⓘ
military leader ⓘ
politician ⓘ
associatedWith Latin Empire of Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Latin Empire

Republic of Venice navy ⓘ
linked to: Venetian navy
birthDate c. 1107 ⓘ
birthPlace Venice ⓘ
burialPlace Hagia Sophia ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Venice ⓘ
deathDate May 1205 ⓘ
deathPlace Constantinople ⓘ
diplomaticRole Venetian envoy to the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
electedAs Doge of Venice ⓘ
endTime 1205 as Doge of Venice ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
eyeCondition blindness ⓘ
familyName Dandolo ⓘ
linked to: Enrico Dandolo
givenName Enrico ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
influenced decline of Byzantine power ⓘ
establishment of the Latin Empire of Constantinople ⓘ
knownFor diverting the Fourth Crusade to Constantinople ⓘ
diverting the Fourth Crusade to Zara ⓘ
expanding Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
negotiating transport contract with crusaders ⓘ
languageSpoken Latin ⓘ
Venetian ⓘ
legacy controversial figure in crusading history ⓘ
memberOf Dandolo family ⓘ
militaryRank commander of Venetian fleet ⓘ
notableFor establishing Venetian influence in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
leadership in the Fourth Crusade ⓘ
role in the sack of Constantinople in 1204 ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
military commander ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
participantIn Fourth Crusade ⓘ
Sack of Constantinople (1204) ⓘ
Siege of Constantinople (1203) ⓘ
Siege of Zara ⓘ
positionHeld Doge of Venice ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1192 as Doge of Venice ⓘ
strategicGoal acquisition of ports and trade routes in the Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
strengthening Venetian maritime dominance ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin Empire → foundedBy → Enrico Dandolo ⓘ
Fourth Crusade → keyFigure → Enrico Dandolo ⓘ
Republic of Venice → headOfStateTitle → Doge of Venice ⓘ
linked to: Enrico Dandolo
Enrico Dandolo → familyName → Dandolo ⓘ
linked to: Enrico Dandolo
Partition of the Byzantine Empire → participant → Venetian Doge Enrico Dandolo ⓘ
linked to: Enrico Dandolo
Latin Crusaders → ledBy → Enrico Dandolo ⓘ
Venetian ducat → introducedBy → Doge Enrico Dandolo ⓘ
linked to: Enrico Dandolo
Venetian ducat → introducedInReignOf → Enrico Dandolo ⓘ
Venetian grosso → introducedBy → Doge Enrico Dandolo ⓘ
linked to: Enrico Dandolo
Siege of Zara → commander → Enrico Dandolo ⓘ
Dandolo family → hasNotableMember → Enrico Dandolo ⓘ
Dandolo family → hasNotableMember → Henry Dandolo ⓘ
linked to: Enrico Dandolo
Anna Dandolo → grandfather → Enrico Dandolo ⓘ
Anna Dandolo → relative → Enrico Dandolo ⓘ