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Enrico Dandolo |
 | | Andrea Dandolo (1307-1354), a descendant of the same family, makes the statement that he was partly deprived of his sight in the services, of his country (pro salute patriae constanter resistens, visu aliqualiter obtenebratus est, "Chronic.", ed. |
 | | In 1178 Dandolo was one of the forty electors commissioned, for the first time, to elect the doge. |
 | | Dandolo by his skill and energy established the political and commercial power of Venice in the Orient. |
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