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Pietro II Orseolo

961–1009 · 10th century

Pietro II Orseolo was Doge of Venice from 991 to 1009. He secured trading privileges from the Byzantine emperor and the Holy Roman Emperor, and in 1000 led a fleet along the Dalmatian coast that broke the power of the Narentine pirates and brought the coastal towns under Venetian protection, taking the title Duke of the Dalmatians. The expedition was commemorated in the Marriage of the Sea ceremony.

Pietro II Orseolo
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