Elisabetta Querini
Elisabetta Querini (* in the 17th century in Venice, † 1709 ibid ) was the last winning dogaressa the Republic of Venice.
Life
Elisabetta was born as the daughter of the Procurator Paolo Querini from the family branch of Stampalia and his wife Bianca Ruzzini, emerged from the family of the 113th Doge Carlo Ruzzini. The Querini family lived in a palace near Santa Maria Formosa, now the headquarters of the Fondazione Querini Stampaglia. Elisabetta beside had 10 houses near the family palace lands of Padua, in Polesine and near Verona, and a foundry at Mira. On July 7, 1649 she married the 18 -year-old Silvestro Valier, son of the 109th Doge Bertuccio Valier. She brought a dowry of 40,000 ducats into the marriage. Although Silvestro had been filled no office in the service of the Republic, he was appointed on 1 August of the same year procuratore di sopra, one of the most prestigious and influential positions at all, had to forgive the Republic, and the traditionally an excellent recommendation for the Dogenamt represented. Elisabetta and Silvestro both loved the card game, led a luxurious and lavish life and represented as a companion of high-ranking state guests such as Margarita, Infanta of Spain, pomp and splendor of the Serenissima. On February 25, 1694 Silvestro was elected Doge. On March 4 of the same year Elisabetta was crowned with great pomp in the Doge's Palace with a gold with precious stones besetztenCorno to dogaressa what was prohibited by a law of 1645. After Dogenwahl distributed both generous silver to the people Oselle how they endeared by events of luxurious feasts and pleasures with the people.
In 1700 the Doge, Elisabetta Querini died nine years later. After the death of the Doge she oversaw the construction of a huge grave monument in Santi Giovanni e Paolo, where she was buried next to the two - Valier Doge. The Valier Tomb, built 1705-1708 after a design by Andrea Tirali, is the last of the great Dogengrabmäler Venice.
Elisabetta died childless. She bequeathed a portion of her assets to her cousin Giovanni Antonio Ruzzini, father of eleven children, and brother of the later Doge Carlo Ruzzini. For herself she ordered in her will in 1000 fairs. She gave a number of relatives, friends, churches and charitable institutions with legacies, including a sum of 10,000 ducats to the Ospedale of Zitelle.