Pietro Polani [SEP] position held
Pietro Polani
Pietro Polani (died 1148) was the 36th Doge of Venice. He reigned from 1130 to 1148.
Polani was elected Doge over the protests of the Dandolo and Bado families because of his first marriage to Adelasa Michele, who was the daughter of his predecessor Domenico Michele. His opponents saw his election to Doge as a violation of a decree that sought to prevent public positions from being passed on through inheritance.
Polani's reign was characterized primarily by external threats to the Republic of Venice. Between 1133
(1143–80) sent an urgent request for help to Venice. The Doge Pietro Polani called for all Venetians to help prepare a fleet to attack the Normans in the spring. The trade with Byzantium was crucial to the Venetian economy, and Corfu also commanded the trade route to the east, but Dandalo opposed coming to the aid of the Greeks on the grounds that they were schismatic.
Dandalo went against his family interests in this, and also took a position that the Pope could not support. The papacy was in a