Vitale II Michiel (also spelled Vital II Michiel) was Doge of Venice from 1155 to 1172. Vitale Michiel became Doge of Venice at a time when Venice's relations...

who had influence on his politics. When Pope Urban II initiated the First Crusade, Vitale I Michiel did not initially urge Venice’s support, perhaps because...

treaty with King William II. He had also been the electors' first choice for doge following the death of Vitale II Michiel in 1172, but stepped aside...

in the empire. Popular Venetian anger with the attack forced Doge Vitale II Michiel to gather a retaliatory expedition, which included Dandolo. This expedition...

as the reign of Vital Falier (d. 1095), and certainly by that of Vital Michiel (d. 1102), the title dux Croatiae had been added, giving the full dogal...

campanile Sancti Marci construitur...". The first belfry was added under Vitale II Michiel (in office 1156–1172). It was surmounted by a pyramidal spire in wood...

poison) of his elder brother Stephen III, on March 4. May 28 – Doge Vitale II Michiel, accused at a General Assembly at the Ducal Palace, for the destruction...

Zuane Michiel, son of Vitale Michiel of the House of Michiel, and Felicia Elena Cornaro, member of the House of Cornaro. Their son Domenico Michiel became...

Republican period (1148–1797) 12th century Domenico Morosini Vitale II Michiel Sebastiano Ziani Orio Mastropiero Enrico Dandolo 13th century Pietro Ziani...

gave three doges to the republic, two of them, Domenico Michiel (1117–1130) and Vitale II Michiel (1156–1172), were forced to abdicate. The word brusà means...

born in 1373, as the oldest son of Nicolò Foscari and his wife Cateruzia Michiel. The Foscari family had been of only moderate importance, but had managed...

Pietro II Orseolo was married to Maria Candiano, the daughter of doge Vitale Candiano and niece of doge Pietro IV Candiano. Their son Giovanni was associated...

Note Sources 37 Domenico Morosini (died February 1156) 1148–1156 38 Vitale II Michiel (died 1172) 1156–1172 Murdered 39 Sebastiano Ziani (1178) 1172–1178...

the death of Vitale II Michiel. However, the date of the arrival of the columns should more likely be dated to the dogate of Domenico Michiel: it would have...

of a campaign to bring Venice under German subjugation. The doge, Vitale II Michiel, responded forcefully. He sent a powerful fleet to Grado, which he...

Pietro Participazio (son of Orso II). Pietro II's son Pietro III (942–959) and his two grandsons Pietro IV (959–976) and Vitale (978–979) also became doges...

Vitale Faliero Dodoni (also known as Falier de' Doni) and usually known in English as Vitale Falier was the 32nd Doge of Venice from 1084 until his death...

Republican period (1148–1797) 12th century Domenico Morosini Vitale II Michiel Sebastiano Ziani Orio Mastropiero Enrico Dandolo 13th century Pietro Ziani...

Sicily, whose Norman rulers have had good relations with Venice. Doge Vitale II Michiel refuses to pay the requested subsidy. Manuel begins to cultivate relationships...

Republican period (1148–1797) 12th century Domenico Morosini Vitale II Michiel Sebastiano Ziani Orio Mastropiero Enrico Dandolo 13th century Pietro Ziani...

chief and inquisitor several times. In 1320 he was charged with Andrea Michiel to organize the killing of Tiepolo and Pietro Querini, the only two leaders...

Venice on 16 November 1436 as the eldest son of Gerolamo Loredan di S. Vitale, known as dal Barbaro, and of Donata Donà di Natale, niece of the archbishop...

(House of Morosini), dies after an 8-year reign. He is succeeded by Vitale II Michiel as ruler of Venice. May 28 – King William I (the Bad) lands with a...

1171 ended in a disastrous defeat, the Republic was ruined and Doge Vitale II Michiel was assassinated. With no means of repaying the loan, the Republic...

Paolo, a traditional burial place of the doges. His dogaressa was Taddea Michiel (d. 1479), who was to be the last dogaressa to be crowned in Venice until...

in his empire, and seizes their ships and goods. September – Doge Vitale II Michiel leads a Venetian fleet (120 ships) against the Byzantines, conquering...

date the enlargement of the square alternatively to the reigns of Vitale II Michiel (1156–1172) or Sebastiano Ziani (1172–1178). See Agazzi, Platea Sancti...

donations, as well as the esteem of Ahmed Pasha's father-in-law, Sultan Bayezid II. In 1492, the Venetian Bailo in Constantinople, Girolamo Marcello, was expelled...

in his empire, and seizes their ships and goods. September – Doge Vitale II Michiel leads a Venetian fleet (120 ships) against the Byzantines, conquering...

Sicily, whose Norman rulers have had good relations with Venice. Doge Vitale II Michiel refuses to pay the requested subsidy. Manuel begins to cultivate relationships...