The House of Barozzi was an aristocratic Venetian family that belong to the Venetian nobility. Members of the family became sailors, clerics and men of learning. They were lords of Santorini and Thirassia, and held military fiefs on the island of Crete. Members of the family were involved in the Tiepolo conspiracy against the Doge of Venice in 1310.[1]
Notable members
Pietro Barozzi, who in 1192 led a Venetian naval expedition against the Republic of Pisa[1]
Andrea Barozzi, his brother, who sailed with the Venetian contingent led by the Doge Enrico Dandolo in the Fourth Crusade[1]
Benedetto, Marino and Pancrazio Barozzi, who obtained military fiefs in the Venetian colony of Candia on the island of Crete[1]
Iacopo Barozzi (died circa 1245), duke of Candia 1244–1245, who – according to tradition – in the aftermath of the sack of Constantinople in 1204 conquered the islands of Santorini and Thirassia; no historical document confirms the story, and the Barozzi family may not have reached the islands until the fourteenth century[3][4]: 432
Iacopo II Barozzi (died 1308), son of Andrea, bailo of Negroponte 1295-97, duke of Candia 1301-03[6] and titular lord of Santorini, who reconquered the island, which had been lost to the Byzantines in about 1280, but came into conflict with the Duke William I Sanudo who also claimed the island[6]