Domenico Selvo, 31st doge of Venice

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Domenico Selvo (died 1087) was the 31st Doge of Venice, serving from 1071 to 1084. During his reign as Doge, his domestic policies, the alliances that he forged, and the battles that the Venetian military won and lost laid the foundations for much of the subsequent foreign and domestic policy of the Republic of Venice. He avoided confrontations with the Byzantine Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Roman Catholic Church at a time in European history when conflict threatened to upset the balance of power. At the same time, he forged new agreements with the major nations that would set up a long period of prosperity for the Republic of Venice. Through his military alliance with the Byzantine Empire, Emperor Alexios I Komnenos awarded Venice economic favors with the declaration of a Golden Bull that would allow for the development of the republic's international trade over the next few centuries.

Within the city itself, he supervised a longer period of the construction of the modern St Mark's Basilica than any other Doge. The basilica's complex architecture and expensive decorations stand as a testament to the prosperity of Venetian traders during this period. The essentially democratic way in which he not only was elected but also removed from power was part of an important transition of Venetian political philosophy. The overthrow of his rule in 1084 was one of many forced abdications in the early history of the republic that further blurred the lines between the powers of the Doge, the common electorate, and the nobility.

-http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/VENICE.htm#DomenicoSilviodiedafter1084

1. DOMENICO Silvio (-after 1084). Andrea Dandulo´s Chronicon Venetum records the succession of "Dominicus Sylvo dux" in 1071[135]. Andrea Navagiero´s Storia della Repubblica Veneziana records that "Domenico Selvo" was elected Doge in 1069[136]. Doge of Venice 1071-1084 deposed. The Normans attacked northern Dalmatia in 1074, making themselves overlords in Split, Trogir, Biograd and Zadar, but were expelled by the Venetians over the following three years. The Doge once more assumed the title dux of Dalmatia, on the basis of the 998 grant by Emperor Basilios II[137]. "Dominicus Sylvius…dux…Petrus filius Petri Michaeli, Vitalis frater eius" witnessed the charter dated Apr 1075 which records the sale of property by the abbot of SS. Ilario e Benedetto to "Iohannes Signolo"[138]. A charter dated Jul 1079 records a judgment against the abbey of Cluny and in favour of the monastery of SS. Trinità e S. Michele di Brondolo relating to property at Fogolana, names "dominus noster Dominicus Silvius…dux et imperialis prothophendius…Dominicum Silvium filium suum", recalls sales of property by "Anna comitissa relicta domini Vidonis comitis" to "Petrum ducem Venetiarum filium bonum [memorie] Petrus dux" and by "Vitalis et Aichelda filii boni [memorie] Petr ducis" to "fratrum eorum Petrum ducem Venetiarum", as well as donations by "Vitalis patriarcha sancte Gradensis ecclesie filius boni [memorie] Petri ducis Candianum" to "Marinam olim ducissam relictam boni [memorie] Tribuni Memi ducis et Mauritio Memo filio suo", by "Otho dux" to "Mauritium filium boni [memorie] Tribuni Memi ducis" and by "Mauritius filius quondam Mauritii Memi de Rivoalto" to the monastery[139]. In return for defeating the Norman fleet in 1081, Byzantium granted Venice duty-free trade throughout the Empire, and the right to establish colonies under its own administration[140]. Andrea Dandulo´s Chronicon Venetum records the expulsion of "[Dominicus Sylvo]…dux Venetis" after ruling for 12 years[141].

[m firstly ---. No direct evidence has yet been found of this supposed first marriage. However, there is no indication in the charter dated Jul 1079, quoted below, that Domenico´s son Domenico was under age, which suggests that he could not have been born from his father´s known marriage to Theodora Dukaina.]

m [secondly] (after 1071) THEODORA Dukaina, daughter of Emperor KONSTANTINOS X & his second wife Evdokia Makrembolitissa (before 1059-after 1075).

Domenico & his [first] wife had one child:

-http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/domenico-silvo_(Dizionario-Biog... - Nacque nel primo quarto dell’XI secolo, figlio di un certo Stefano, variamente attestato nei decenni precedenti (nulla si sa della madre). Nel 1071 venne eletto doge per acclamazione....

....Il doge riuscì a espellere fra la fine del 1075 e l’inizio del 1076 i Normanni dai territori conquistati.. ..Fu probabilmente allora che il doge ottenne in sposa una nobile bizantina, Teodora Ducas, figlia, presumibilmente, di Costantino X e, quindi, sorella di Michele VII, mentre da un precedente matrimonio aveva avuto un figlio, anch’egli di nome Domenico, imparentato con la potente famiglia Candiano, che aveva dato cinque dogi a Venezia, il quale premorì al padre, risultando scomparso nel 1086....

....Dopo il 1087 di lui non si hanno più notizie certe.

-https://www.conoscerevenezia.it/?p=22826

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