Fantina Polo (1303 – between 28 August 1375 and 18 December 1385) was a noblewoman of the Republic of Venice.

Biography

Venetian patrician, she was the first daughter of Marco Polo and Donata Badoer. After the death of her father, Fantina is forced to hand over the management of all her assets to her husband Marco Bragadin (who married her 1318),[1] even those entrusted to her directly and excluded from her dowry. Although Bragadin himself promises to return what she rightfully belonged to her, until his death, he will always deprive her of her paternal assets. After the disappearance of her husband, Fantina, to avoid having everything taken away in favor of her husband's family, turns to the Venetian judiciary. With the help of his father's will, he manages, before the judges Marco Dandolo, Giovanni Michiel and Natale Ghezzo, to prevail over Andrea Contarini and Niccolò Morosini, both prosecutors of San Marco, and to obtain financial compensation for the costs of the trial and to regain what had been given to her by her father himself.

Fantina was the firstborn daughter of Marco and Donata. Her name appears in several family cases. She died on some unknown date between 28 August 1375 and 18 December 1385.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bergreen 2007, p. 338.
  2. ↑ Hart 1942, p. 250.

Bibliography

  • Bergreen, Laurence (2007), Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-307-26769-6
  • Hart, Henry H. (1942). Venetian Adventurer: Being an Acount of the Life and Times and of the Book of Messer Marcco Polo. California: Stanford University Press. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  • Raffaele Santoro, Alessandra Schiavon, Chiara Scarpa, Marco Biccai, ed. (1366). Carteggio di Fantina Polo (Archivio di Stato di Venezia ed.). Venezia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  • Zorzi, Marino (1988). Collezioni di antichità a Venezia:nei secoli della repubblica (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana ed.). Roma: Istituto Poligrafico della Zecca e dello Stato. ISBN 8-824-03026-2.
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