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{{Short description|Aristocratic Venetian family}}
{{about|the family|the island|Querini Island}}
[[File:Stemma della famiglia Querini.svg|thumb|upright|Coat of arms]]
The '''Querini family''' or '''Quirini''' was an old [[Venetian patrician]] family. They claimed an ancient [[Legacy of the Roman Empire|Roman heritage]], but their traceable history goes back to the 11th century. The family divided into many branches.<ref name=EI>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Mario  |last=Brunetti |title=Querini |encyclopedia=[[Enciclopedia Italiana]] |year=1935 |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/querini_%28Enciclopedia-Italiana%29/}}</ref>
== Notable members ==
*[[Ottaviano Querini]] (fl. 1181–1211), diplomat and administrator
*[[Romeo Querini]] (fl. 1209–1241), diplomat and administrator
*{{ill|Giovanni Querini (archbishop)|lt=Giovanni Querini|it|Giovanni Querini}} (d. 1257), archbishop
*[[Egidio Querini]] (fl. 1247–1268), diplomat and administrator
*{{ill|Bartolomeo I Querini|it}} (1230–1291), bishop
*{{ill|Bartolomeo II Querini|it}} (d. 1307), bishop
*{{ill|Marco Querini (died 1310)|lt=Marco Querini|it|Marco Querini}} (d. 1310), diplomat
*[[Giovanni Quirini (poet)|Giovanni Querini]] (d. 1333), poet<ref>{{DBI |first=Matteo |last=Quintiliani |title=Quirini, Giovanni |volume=86 |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giovanni-quirini_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}</ref>
*{{ill|Francesco Querini|it}} (d. 1372), patriarch
*[[Andrea Querini]] (b. 1382), merchant and military leader<ref>{{DBI |first=Giuseppe |last=Gullino |title=Querini, Andrea |volume=86 |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/andrea-querini_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}</ref>
*[[Marco Querini (born 1399)|Marco Querini]] (b. 1399), diplomat<ref>{{DBI |first=Giuseppe |last=Gullino |title=Querini, Marco |volume=86 |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/marco-querini_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}</ref>
*[[Guglielmo Querini]] (1400–1468), politician<ref>{{DBI |first=Giuseppe |last=Gullino |title=Querini, Guglielmo |volume=86 |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/guglielmo-querini_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}</ref>
*[[Pietro Querini]] (fl. 1431–1432), navigator
*[[Lauro Quirini]] (1420–1472), humanist
*[[Vincenzo Querini]] (1478–1514), diplomat and monk
*{{ill|Gerolamo Querini|it}} (1468–1554), patriarch
*[[Elisabetta Querini Massolo]] (d. 1559), friend of Pietro Bembo<ref>{{DBI |first=Tiziana |last=Plebani |title=Querini, Elisabetta |volume=86 |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/elisabetta-querini_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}</ref>
*[[Giacomo Querini]] (1619–1677), diplomat<ref>{{DBI |first=Ginio |last=Benzoni |title=Querini, Giacomo |volume=86 |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giacomo-querini_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}</ref>
*[[Leonardo Quirini]] (17th century), poet
*[[Elisabetta Querini]] (1628–1709), dogaressa
*[[Angelo Maria Querini]] (1680–1755), cardinal
*{{ill|Angelo Querini|it}} (1721–1796), politician
*{{ill|Andrea Querini Stampalia|it}} (1757–1825), admiral
*[[Marina Querini]] (1757–1839), socialite
*[[Alvise Querini]] (1758–1834), politician<ref>{{DBI |first=Vittorio |last=Mandelli |title=Querini, Alvise |volume=86 |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/alvise-querini_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/}}</ref>
*{{ill|Giovanni Querini Stampalia|it}} (1799–1869), philanthropist
*{{ill|Francesco Querini (explorer)|lt=Francesco Querini|it|Francesco Querini (esploratore)}} (1867–1900), explorer
[[File:Palazzo Querini Vianello (Venice).jpg|thumb|upright|Palazzo Querini Vianello]]
==Palaces and villas==
*[[Palazzo Molin Querini]]
*[[Palazzo Querini Benzon]]
*{{ill|Palazzo Querini alla Carità|it}}
*[[Palazzo Querini Dubois]]
*{{ill|Palazzo Querini Papozze|it}}
*[[Palazzo Querini Stampalia]]
*{{ill|Villa Querini (Mestre)|it}}
==References==
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