Iohannes Dandolo, dux Veneciarum (1280-1289)

1280_CD

Regestum

Giovanni Dandolo, the doge of Venice, gives instructions to his ambassadors at the court of the Aquileian patriarch [Raymond della Torre], advising them on how to proceed on a number of issues, including the problems surrounding the Venetian jurisdictions in Istria, for which he recommends procuring a lease of the patriarch’s rights in the region.

Date
October 4, 1280
Place

1289_VA1

Regestum

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli: first, Venice elects its negotiators; second, Patriarch Raymond issues his statement; third, the Venetian envoys present their terms in two separate statements; finally, Patriarch Raymond responds to Venetian terms and a semblance of a peace treaty begins to take shape.

Date
October 13, 1289

1289_VA2

Regestum

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli. On Bernard’s suggestion, the parties negotiate regarding a partial restitution of Venetian towns in Istria, a two-year truce, and a lasting peace following the promulgation of the arbitrational sentence of Pope Nicholas IV, the jointly elected judge arbiter in the dispute regarding Istrian jurisdictions.

Date
October 23, 1289
Place

1289_VA3

Regestum

The Commune of Venice – represented by the deputies of the doge, who was too ill to attend personally, and the Great Council – constitute five procurators to enter into arbitration with Pope Nicholas IV and Bishop Bernard of Tripoli regarding the dispute with Aquileian Patriarch Raymond della Torre over Istrian jurisdictions and to sign a truce or a peace treaty with the same prelate.

Date
October 24, 1289
Place

1289_VA4

Regestum

Records of negotiations between Venice and Patriarch Raymond della Torre regarding jurisdictions in Istria, mediated by Bishop Bernard of Tripoli. After Patriarch Raymond’s reply and counterproposal, a final sketch of the treaty is presented to the parties.

Date
November 2, 1289
Place

1368_VT

Regestum

The Commune of Venice and the Commune of Trieste sign a new treaty, ending all hostilities and reconfirming the old pacts between the two polities; the Commune of Trieste is required to relinquish the sequestered ship (over which the conflict originally started), to swear fealty and obedience to the doges and the Commune of Venice, to raise to standard of St. Mark on the day of election of a new Venetian doge and on every Easter day, to observe the old treaties with Venice, to pay all the fines incurred for not respecting these old treaties, and to consign to Venice those responsible for the attack on the sequestered ship.

Date
September 3, 1368
Place