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Daniele Girolamo Dolfin

1656 – 1729

Venetian statesman and military commander

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Lived 1656 – 1729 (aged 72–73). Daniele Girolamo Dolfin was an Italian military personnel and politician.

Daniele Girolamo Dolfin or Daniele IV Dolfin (1656 – 14 April 1729) was a Venetian statesman and military commander. He participated in the Morean War during the siege of Athens, the Battle of Mytilene, where he was heavily wounded, and the Battle of Samothrace, the last battle of the war. After the war he served as governor-general of the Venetian Ionian Islands and of the Terraferma (1706) and envoy extraordinary to Emperor Leopold I (1700). During the first phase of the Second Morean War he was , but was replaced after failing to prevent the loss of the Morea. His final appointment was as ambassador to Poland.

He was known as "Girolamo" to distinguish him from his namesake brothers, Daniele Marco Dolfin (1653–1704) and Daniele Giovanni Dolfin (1654–1729). Dolfin lost his left hand during the 1690 battle of Mytilene.

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Daniele Girolamo Dolfin was born in 1656 in Venice.

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Daniele Girolamo Dolfin died on 14 April 1729 in Mestre.

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Daniele Girolamo Dolfin was a military personnel and politician.

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· Wikipedia: Daniele Girolamo Dolfin

· Wikidata: Q32985104

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