Croatian–Venetian wars
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Commemorative plaque of a Croatian–Venetian battle at Makarska | |||||||||
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7th c. – 10th c.: Duchy of Croatia Narentines 10th c. – 1102: Kingdom of Croatia 1102 – 1413: Kingdom of Croatia Kingdom of Hungary | Republic of Venice | ||||||||
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Duke Mislav Prince Družak (Drosaico) Duke Trpimir Duke Domagoj Duke Branimir King Svetoslav Suronja King Krešimir III Prince Berigoj (Berigui) King Stjepan I King Petar Krešimir IV King Coloman King Béla II King Béla III King Louis I |
Doges of Venice Giovanni I Participazio Pietro Tradonico Orso I Participazio Pietro I Candiano † Pietro III Candiano Pietro II Orseolo Otto Orseolo Domenico I Contarini Ordelafo Faliero † Domenico Michele Enrico Dandolo Andrea Dandolo Giovanni Dolfin | ||||||||
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The Croatian–Venetian wars is the name given to a series intermittent conflicts fought between the medieval states of Venice and Croatia over control of the Adriatic Sea, its trade routes, and of the people, city-states, and hinterlands of the Sea's eastern coast—Dalmatia and the Croatian Littoral in particular.
It was in fact not a conventionally-understood war occurring between two rivals at a moment in time but rather a string of individual naval and land engagements involving multiple belligerents spanning over seven centuries, from their origin in the 600s CE to the conclusion in 1413.
The two principle belligerents in the Wars in their various political incarnations were:
- The city-state of and then Republic of Venice
- The Duchy of Croatia, its successor state the Duchy of Croatia, then as the Kingdom of Croatia and Dalmatia in personal union with Hungary.
Other actors included, at times, polities in Zachlumia and on the Istrian peninsula (the latter ruled by the German feudal families).