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  • Then there are four more battleships under construction, known as the Dandolo class -- the

    New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

  • Lombard Legion of Bersaglieri was, in smartness of appearance and perfect discipline, equal to any regular troops; in its ranks were the sons of the best and richest Lombard families, such as Dandolo,

    The Liberation of Italy Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco 1891

  • With this view he set out for Orizaba, where the "Dandolo" corvette was waiting to receive his orders.

    France in the Nineteenth Century Elizabeth Latimer 1863

  • From that expanded base, Venice embarked in 1202 on the conquest of Constantinople under the leadership of Doge Enrico Dandolo, who was 90 years old and blind.

    The Doges of War William H. McNeill 2012

  • Mr. Crowley grippingly narrates how Dandolo steered the Fourth Crusade toward Venice's preferred targets, principally Constantinople.

    The Doges of War William H. McNeill 2012

  • Dandolo led a Venetian fleet of 96 ships defeated by the Genoese in the Battle of Curzola.

    2008 December 15 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008

  • Throw Dandolo under the bus, and you'll get closer to the real cause.

    Sound Politics: "Only Fools Support Bush's Escalation" 2007

  • On n'oubliera jamais que le détournement de la IVe croisade précipita en 1204 les barons francs, manipulés par le doge Dandolo, à l'assaut de Constantinople, dévastée et pillée par ces chrétiens latins partis pour délivrer Jérusalem retombée aux mains des musulmans !

    Byzance, riche de ses campagnes 2007

  • On n'oubliera jamais que le détournement de la IVe croisade précipita en 1204 les barons francs, manipulés par le doge Dandolo, à l'assaut de Constantinople, dévastée et pillée par ces chrétiens latins partis pour délivrer Jérusalem retombée aux mains des musulmans !

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • The Venetian doge Dandolo had been imprisoned and blinded by the Byzantines years before and was secretly bent on revenge.

    Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007

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