Cristina Sanudo

Cristina Sanudo was the Dogaressa of Venice by marriage to the Doge Cristoforo Moro (r. 1462-1471). She was known and popular for her charity. She engaged herself in the textile industry: she banned some imports and certain fashions deemed immodest. The church asked her to ban her male courtiers from wearing long hair.

References

Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges. London : T. W. Laurie

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