Venetian • wife of Sebastiano Venier the 86th Traditional Doge of Venice/84nd Historical Doge of Venice
***BORN CIRCA 1519*** ***DIED CIRCA 1598***
Married: Sebastiano Venier, 3 June 1544, Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Murano, Venier married Cecilia Contarini di Natale
Children: Elena Contarini and two illegitimate sons, Filippo and Marco Veniero di Candia, by a mistress of Venier's
Filippo and Marco Veniero di Candia
Cecilia, along with her spouse, reportedly preferred to avoid ceremony and public life and lived secluded in the palace.
She greeted officials in the doge's stead, such as when that Brescian embassy came full of "gratitude for precious services and in token of the devotion and infinite love felt for his Serenity by all the citizens of our city."
They were received by the dogaressa without ceremony, who told them: "I much fear he will be unwilling to accept your offering, but I will go and hear what he says."
Unlike other dowager dogaressas, she was not expected to become a nun, but provided with a pension and provisions similar to that of Zilia Dandolo.
Cecilia was one of three dogaressas depicted in the Cerimoniali (1464- 1592) alongside Zilia Dandolo and Loredana Marcello.
Venetian • wife of Sebastiano Venier the 86th Traditional Doge of Venice/84nd Historical Doge of Venice
***BORN CIRCA 1519*** ***DIED CIRCA 1598***
Married: Sebastiano Venier, 3 June 1544, Church of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Murano, Venier married Cecilia Contarini di Natale
Children: Elena Contarini and two illegitimate sons, Filippo and Marco Veniero di Candia, by a mistress of Venier's
Filippo and Marco Veniero di Candia
Cecilia, along with her spouse, reportedly preferred to avoid ceremony and public life and lived secluded in the palace.
She greeted officials in the doge's stead, such as when that Brescian embassy came full of "gratitude for precious services and in token of the devotion and infinite love felt for his Serenity by all the citizens of our city."
They were received by the dogaressa without ceremony, who told them: "I much fear he will be unwilling to accept your offering, but I will go and hear what he says."
Unlike other dowager dogaressas, she was not expected to become a nun, but provided with a pension and provisions similar to that of Zilia Dandolo.
Cecilia was one of three dogaressas depicted in the Cerimoniali (1464- 1592) alongside Zilia Dandolo and Loredana Marcello.
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