the Doge of Venice (father of the bride)

Also known as: the Doge of Venice / the father of the bride · Family: Venetians · Role: doge of Venice · First appears: Chapter VII · The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch · Part 1

In Chapter VII · The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch, the Doge of Venice was the father of the doge's daughter, whom Ivan Tzrnoyevitch sought in marriage for his son, Maximus Tzrnoyevitch. After nine years without word to his daughter, the Doge reproached Ivan and demanded a decision; Ivan then asked him to send galleys to meet the wedding party. At the wedding, the Doge’s aged brother Yesdimir arrived, and the Doge gave Milosh Obrenbegovitch a helmet crowned with a dazzling precious stone.

At Zablak, Maximus, disgusted with what had occurred, wrote to the Doge and invited him to invade Zablak and conquer Montenegro.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Doge reproached Ivan for neglecting his daughter and demanded a decision about the proposed marriage.(Chapter VII · The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch · Part 2)
  • With: Ivan Tzrnoyevitch
  • “But one day a message from the doge arrived, in which he reproached the Montenegrin prince with having allowed nine years to pass without sending a word to his daughter”
• Ivan wrote to the Doge asking him to send galleys to meet Ivan, Maximus, and the wedding party.(Chapter VII · The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch · Part 2)
  • With: Ivan Tzrnoyevitch
  • “O my friend, thou Doge of Venice! Thou could'st hear, if thou didst but listen, the roaring of my thirty cannons, which I am about to fire from my fortress! O friend, do not lose a single moment, but send at once galleys to meet me, my son and all our svats.”
• The father of the bride gave Milosh a precious helmet.(Chapter VII · The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch · Part 4)
  • With: Milosh Obrenbegovitch
  • “Next came the father of the bride. What a beautiful present he placed in his hands! A helmet in the crest of which shone a precious stone dazzling like the sun”
• Prince Maximus wrote to the doge, inviting him to invade Zablak and conquer Montenegro.(Chapter VII · The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch · Part 5 · 📍 Zablak)
  • With: Maximus Tzrnoyevitch
  • “Prince Maximus, it is said, was so disgusted with what had occurred that he wrote to the doge, inviting him to invade Zablak with a large force and to conquer Montenegro;”

Chapter VII · The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch · Part 1

• child: the doge's daughter “Ivan Tzrnoyevitch sailed across the Adriatic to Venice, in order to pay a visit to the doge and to ask his daughter in marriage for his son Maximus.”

Chapter VII · The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch · Part 2

• child: the doge's daughter “the doge's daughter, having heard nothing from Ivan, had surely wedded another prince.”

Chapter VII · The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch · Part 4

• siblings with Yesdimir “Now came the aged brother of the doge, Yesdimir, with his beard reaching to his waist, walking slowly and supporting himself with a golden staff.”
• child: the doge's daughter “Next came the father of the bride.”
• recipient: Milosh Obrenbegovitch “Next came the father of the bride. What a beautiful present he placed in his hands! A helmet in the crest of which shone a precious stone dazzling like the sun so that one could not look at it long.”

Chapter VII · The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch · Part 5

• with Maximus Tzrnoyevitch (interaction) “Prince Maximus, it is said, was so disgusted with what had occurred that he wrote to the doge, inviting him to invade Zablak with a large force and to conquer Montenegro”

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Extracted from the original text of Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians (Chapters IV–XIII). Made with Rho MD.