The Querini family or Quirini was an old Venetian patrician family. They claimed an ancient Roman heritage , but their traceable history goes back to the 11th century. The family divided into many branches.[1]
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Ottaviano Querini (fl. 1181–1211), diplomat and administrator
Romeo Querini (fl. 1209–1241), diplomat and administrator
Giovanni Querini [ it ] (d. 1257), archbishop
Egidio Querini (fl. 1247–1268), diplomat and administrator
Bartolomeo I Querini [ it ] (1230–1291), bishop
Bartolomeo II Querini [ it ] (d. 1307), bishop
Marco Querini [ it ] (d. 1310), diplomat
Giovanni Querini (d. 1333), poet[2]
Francesco Querini [ it ] (d. 1372), patriarch
Andrea Querini (b. 1382), merchant and military leader[3]
Marco Querini (b. 1399), diplomat[4]
Guglielmo Querini (1400–1468), politician[5]
Pietro Querini (fl. 1431–1432), navigator
Lauro Quirini (1420–1472), humanist
Vincenzo Querini (1478–1514), diplomat and monk
Gerolamo Querini [ it ] (1468–1554), patriarch
Elisabetta Querini Massolo (d. 1559), friend of Pietro Bembo[6]
Giacomo Querini (1619–1677), diplomat[7]
Leonardo Quirini (17th century), poet
Elisabetta Querini (1628–1709), dogaressa
Angelo Maria Querini (1680–1755), cardinal
Angelo Querini [ it ] (1721–1796), politician
Andrea Querini Stampalia [ it ] (1757–1825), admiral
Marina Querini (1757–1839), socialite
Alvise Querini (1758–1834), politician[8]
Giovanni Querini Stampalia [ it ] (1799–1869), philanthropist
Francesco Querini [ it ] (1867–1900), explorer
Palazzo Querini Vianello