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Birth:          ABT  842 
Death:          18 Sep  887 Dalmatia
Cause of Death: killed in battle

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_I_Candiano
Pietro I Candiano (c. 842 – 18 September 887) was briefly the sixteenth Doge of 
Venice in 887.

History[edit]

He followed Orso I Participazio and Giovanni II Participazio as Doge of Venice, 
elected to the throne at the side of the elderly, and beloved, Giovanni circa April 887. 
He launched a military attempt against the Narentines in Dalmatia, who were hostile to 
Venetia after 886. As soon as he became Doge, he advanced with a fleet of twelve 
galleys to the port of Makarska (Italian: Mokro), where he sank five Narentine ships. 
He landed near Mokro and advanced deeper inland, but the Narentines crushed his 
forces, killing him in open battle on 18 September 887.[1] He was the first Doge to die 
in a battle for La Serenissima (Italian for The Most Serene, referring to the Republic of 
Venice).

Following his death, the Venetians began to pay prince Branimir of Croatia (879–892) 
an annual tribute for the right to travel and trade in the Croatian part of the Adriatic; 
between Pietro's death in 887 and 948, no new war was recorded with the Croats, 
which is thought to show they paid tribute to maintain the peace.[2] Giovanni briefly 
ruled Venice until a successor could be found for Candiano. It was Pietro Tribuno, his 
great-nephew. His son, Pietro II Candiano, also later became Doge.


Marriage To 
Children by 
CANDIANO Pietro II (ABT  872 -  939)

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