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Agnese Ghisi

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Agnese Ghisi, was the Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Lorenzo Tiepolo (r. 1268-1275). She was known as La Donna Misericordia because of her famous charitable projects.

References

  • Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges, London : T. W. Laurie, 1910