Francesco Venier

{{Short description|Doge of Venice from 1554 to 1556}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Francesco Venier

| image = Tiziano, Portrait of Doge Francesco Venier Oil on canvas, Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection.jpg

| caption = Portrait by Titian

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| office = Doge of Venice

| term_start = 1554

| term_end = 1556

| predecessor = Marcantonio Trivisan

| successor = Lorenzo Priuli

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| birth_date = 1489

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| death_date = 2 June 1556

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File:Doge Francesco Venier.png

File:San Salvatore Francesco Venier's monument.jpg

Francesco Venier (1489 – 2 June 1556) was the Doge of Venice from 1554 to his death in 1556.{{cite book |title= An index of dates: Comprehending the principal facts in the chronology and history of the world, from the earliest to the present time |last1= Rosse |first1= J. Willoughby |last2= Blair |first2= John |year= 1859 |publisher= Harvard University |page= 888 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=f_EMAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Francesco+Donato%22}}

Venier was the son of Giovanni Venier and Maria Loredan. His maternal grandfather was Doge Leonardo Loredan.