Pietro II Candiano

Pietro II Candiano (872 â€" 939) was the 19th Doge of Venice between 932 and 939. He followed his father, Pietro I Candiano (887), Pietro Tribuno (888-912), and Orso Participazio II (912-932) to become Doge of Venice in 932.

He began the Venetian policy of expansion on the mainland after 932. Candiano II began a bitter economic blockading war against Austria early in his rule. He burnt Venice's neighbor and potential rival, Camacho to the ground following a trifling diplomatic incident. Child of Pietro II Candiano II, doge of Venice: Pietro III Candiano, doge of Venice (b. 902, d. 959).