Dogaressa
Sign in to savethumb|250px|Dogaressa Morosina Morosini by [[Tintoretto, 1590s.]]
~7 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Position
- Changes in position
- List of Dogaressas of Venice
- References
thumb|250px|Dogaressa Morosina Morosini by [[Tintoretto, 1590s.]]
Dogaressa ( , , ) was the official title of the wife of the Doge of Venice. The title was unique for Venice: while the heads of the Republic of Genoa were also called Doge, the wives of the Doges of Genoa were not called Dogaressa, nor did they have such a public position.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dogaressa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.