Orseolo

Orseolo coat of arms

Pietro II and Ottone

Orseolo , derived from Orso (bear), is the name of a tribunician Venetian patrician family . Family members include Doges of Venice and bishops.

The Orseolo were among the most powerful and influential families in the early days of the Republic of Venice, which were marked by power struggles . Together with the Candiano and Participazio , it was the Orseolo family who provided most of Venice's doges from 810 to the constitutional reform of 1172.

The following people belong to it:

Doge of Venice

• Pietro Orseolo (928–987), Doge of Venice and saint
• Pietro II. Orseolo , son of Pietros, Doge of Venice from 991 to 1009
• Giovanni Orseolo (984–1007), Co-Dux of his father Pietro II. Orseolo
• Ottone Orseolo , Doge of Venice from 1009 to 1026, son of Pietros II.
• Domenico Orseolo († after 1036), Doge of Venice for one day

Other

• Orso Orseolo (988-1049), 1008-1018 Patriarch of Grado, son of Pietros II.
• Vitale Orseolo (* around 998), Bishop of Torcello, son of Pietros II.
• Peter Orseolo (around 1008-1046), second king of Hungary, son of Ottones