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4 unusual facts about Pietro IV Candiano


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960: Doge of Venice Pietro IV Candiano reconvened the popular assembly and had it approve of a law prohibiting the slave trade

Giovanniccia Candiano

Giovanniccia Candiano, also called Giuliana, was a Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Pietro IV Candiano (r. 959-976) and mother of Vitale Candiano.

Pietro IV Candiano

Pietro IV intervened to save his father's life and exiled him with a small group of followers to Ivrea, where the Margrave Guy took him to his father, the king of Italy, Berengar II.

Waldrada of Tuscany

Valdrada (Gualdrada) of Tuscany (died 997), was a Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Pietro IV Candiano (r. 959-976).



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