The following is a list of all 120 of the Doges of Venice ordered by the dates of their reigns which are put in parentheses.
For more than 1,000 years, the chief magistrate and leader of the city of Venice and later of the Most Serene Republic of Venice was styled the Doge, a rare but not unique Italian title derived from the Latin Dux. Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state's aristocracy. Commonly the person selected as Doge was one of the shrewdest elders in the city. The Venetian combination of elaborate monarchic pomp and a republican (though "aristocratic") constitution with intricate checks and balances makes "La serenissima" (Venice) a textbook example of a crowned republic.
Despite the great power given to them, the Venetian Doges were restricted by law (unlike the Doges of the Republic of Genoa) to spend the rest of their lives inside the Doge's Palace complex and St Mark's Basilica, occasionally leaving for diplomatic reasons.
Paolo Lucio Anafesto (697–717) first doge (Latin: dux), dependent on the Exarchate of Ravenna
Marcello Tegalliano (717–726)
Ursus Hypatus (726–737) nominated by the popular assembly opposed to the iconoclast policies of the Byzantine Emperor; murdered by rebels during a civil conflict
Brief Interregnum (737–742) of duke magistrate equivalents (Latin: magister militum)
Dominicus Leo Abrogatis (737)
Felice Cornicola (738)
Teodato Ipato (739)
Gioviano Cepanico Ipato (740)
Giovanni Fabriciaco (741)
Resumption of Office of Doge
Teodato Ipato (742–755) deposed, blinded, and exiled
Galla Gaulo (755–756) deposed, blinded, and exiled
Domenico Monegario (756–764) deposed, blinded, and exiled
Maurizio Galbaio (764–787)
Giovanni Galbaio (787–804) fled to Mantua in 803 with family, where they all probably died
Obelerio Antenoreo (804–811) exiled, attempted to return to power, killed & head displayed in the market
Agnello Participazio (811–827)
Giustiniano Participazio (827–829)
Giovanni I Participazio (829–837) arrested, and tonsured (head shaved like monk)
Pietro Tradonico (837–864) assassinated, although in this case his successor arrested and executed the assassins
Orso I Participazio (864–881)
Giovanni II Participazio (881–887) resigned due to poor health
Pietro I Candiano (887–888) killed in open battle while invading the Narentines
Pietro Tribuno (888–912)
Orso II Participazio (912–932)
Pietro II Candiano (932–939)
Pietro Participazio (939–942)
Pietro III Candiano (942–959)
Pietro IV Candiano (959–976) people of Venice locked him in palace with son while it burned
Pietro I Orseolo (976–978) resigned to become a Camaldolese hermit in the Abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa in the Pyrenees
Vitale Candiano (978–979) abdicated, for health reasons
Tribuno Memmo (979–991)
Pietro II Orseolo (991–1009)
Otto Orseolo (1009–1026) arrested, beard shaved, and banished to Constantinople for nepotism. He was the father of Peter Orseolo, King of Hungary.
Pietro Barbolano (1026–1032) abdicated under heavy pressure to reinstate Otto Orseolo
Domenico Flabanico (1032–1043)
Domenico Contarini (1043–1071)
Domenico Selvo (1071–1084) deposed peacefully to a monastery because of naval defeat, died three years later
Vitale Faliero (1084–1096)
Vitale I Michiel (1096–1102)
Ordelafo Faliero (1102–1117)
Domenico Michele (1117–1130)
Pietro Polani (1130–1148)
Domenico Morosini (1148–1156)
Vital II Michele (1156–1172)
Sebastiano Ziani (1172–1178)
Orio Mastropiero (1178–1192)
Enrico Dandolo (1192–1205)
Pietro Ziani (1205–1229)
Jacopo Tiepolo (1229–1249)
Marino Morosini (1249–1252)
Reniero Zeno (1252–1268)
Lorenzo Tiepolo (1268–1275)
Jacopo Contarini (1275–1280)
Giovanni Dandolo (1280–1289)
Pietro Gradenigo (1289–1311)
Marino Zorzi (1311–1312)
Giovanni Soranzo (1312–1328)
Francesco Dandolo (1328–1339)
Bartolomeo Gradenigo (1339–1342)
Andrea Dandolo (1342–1354)
Marino Faliero (1354–1355) – convicted of treason, executed and condemned to damnatio memoriae
Giovanni Gradenigo (1355–1356)
Giovanni Dolfin (1356–1361)
Lorenzo Celsi (1361–1365)
Marco Cornaro (1365–1367)
Andrea Contarini (1367–1382)
Michele Morosini (1382–1382)
Antonio Venier (1382–1400)
Michele Steno (1400–1413)
Tommaso Mocenigo (1413–1423)
Francesco Foscari (1423–1457) – forced to abdicate by the Council of Ten
Pasquale Malipiero (1457–1462)
Cristoforo Moro (1462–1471)
Nicolò Tron (1471–1473)
Nicolò Marcello (1473–1474)
Pietro Mocenigo (1474–1476)
Andrea Vendramin (1476–1478)
Giovanni Mocenigo (1478–1485)
Marco Barbarigo (1485–1486)
Agostino Barbarigo (1486–1501)
Leonardo Loredan (1501–1521)
Antonio Grimani (1521–1523)
Andrea Gritti (1523–1538)
Pietro Lando (1538–1545)
Francesco Donato (1545–1553)
Marcantonio Trivisan (1553–1554)
Francesco Venier (1554–1556)
Lorenzo Priuli (1556–1559)
Girolamo Priuli (1559–1567)
Pietro Loredan (1567–1570)
Alvise I Mocenigo (1570–1577)
Sebastiano Venier (1577–1578)
Nicolò da Ponte (1578–1585)
Pasqual Cicogna (1585–1595)
Marino Grimani (1595–1606)
Leonardo Donato (1606–1612)
Marcantonio Memmo (1612–1615)
Giovanni Bembo (1615–1618)
Nicolò Donato (1618–1618)
Antonio Priuli (1618–1623)
Francesco Contarini (1623–1624)
Giovanni I Cornaro (1624–1630)
Nicolò Contarini (1630–1631)
Francesco Erizzo (1631–1646)
Francesco Molin (1646–1655)
Carlo Contarini (1655–1656)
Francesco Cornaro (1656–1656)
Bertuccio Valiero (1656–1658)
Giovanni Pesaro (1658–1659)
Domenico II Contarini (1659–1674)
Nicolò Sagredo (1674–1676)
Alvise Contarini (1676–1683)
Marcantonio Giustinian (1683–1688)
Francesco Morosini (1688–1694)
Silvestro Valiero (1694–1700)
Alvise II Mocenigo (1700–1709)
Giovanni II Cornaro (1709–1722)
Sebastiano Mocenigo (1722–1732)
Carlo Ruzzini (1732–1735)
Alvise Pisani (1735–1741)
Pietro Grimani (1741–1752)
Francesco Loredan (1752–1762)
Marco Foscarini (1762–1763)
Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo (1763–1779)
Paolo Renier (1779–1789)
Ludovico Manin (1789–1797) – forced to abdicate by Napoleon
