Paolo Renier [SEP] position held
Paolo Renier
Paolo Renier (21 November 1710 in Venice – 13 February 1789 in Venice) was a Venetian statesman, the 119th, and penultimate, Doge of Venice. He was a orator and tactician, and served as ambassador to Constantinople and to Vienna. His election as Doge was unpopular, and he was the subject of numerous menacing letters at the time. Renier was succeeded as Doge by Ludovico Manin, who would be the last Doge of Venice. He married Giustina Dona (d. 1751) in 1733, and
Margherita Dalmet
Giovanna "Margherita" Dalmet, also called "Delmaz" and "Dalmaz" (1739 – 11 January 1817), was a Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Paolo Renier (r. 1779–1789).
Life.
Margherita was before her marriage a tight rope dancer in Constantinople, where Paolo Renier met her and they married in 1751, after the death of his first spouse. According to other versions he met her at a Catholic orphanage there.
Secretary of State Giuseppe Gradenigo described the role