The House of Donà, also known as Donato,[1] are an old patrician family in Venice, which produced two doges. The family has existed since at least the late twelfth century.[2] Until the sixteenth century, the family were merchants.[3] During that period, they bought land, which supported the family through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.[4] Around and throughout the nineteenth century, the family's wealth was significantly diminished due to the influences of the French Revolution and industrialisation.[5][3] The family is still surviving, and produced a number of business people in the twentieth century.[6]
Members[edit]
Members include:
- Girolamo Donato: diplomat, historian and humanist[7]
- Francesco Donà: 79th doge[8] (1545–1553)
- Leonardo Donà: 90th doge[2] (1606–1612)
Palaces[edit]
The family had owned various properties, including:
Citations[edit]
- ^ Davis 1975, p. xi.
- ^ a b Davis 1975, p. xiii.
- ^ a b Brucker, Gene A. (April 1976). "Review: A Venetian Family and Its Fortune 1500–1900: The Donà and the Conservation of Their Wealth". The American Historical Review. 81 (2): 413. doi:10.1086/ahr/81.2.413-a. ISSN 1937-5239.
- ^ Davis 1975, p. 37.
- ^ Davis 1975, p. 121.
- ^ Davis 1975, p. 171.
- ^ Davis 1975, p. 12.
- ^ Davis 1975, p. 52.
Bibliography[edit]
- Davis, James C. (1975). A Venetian Family And Its Fortune: 1500 – 1900. American Philosophical Society. pp. xi. ISBN 0-87169-106-X.