Background
He was a son of Zuan Francesco Venier, Company-Lord of Cerigo and his wife Fiorenza Sommaripa, Lady of Paros.
He was a son of Zuan Francesco Venier, Company-Lord of Cerigo and his wife Fiorenza Sommaripa, Lady of Paros.
He was the brother of Sebastiano Venier, Doge of Venice. In 1507 Venier married a woman named Zantano, by whom he had a son Andrea Venier, who died during his father"s life. There are speculations that he was the biological father of Italian concubine Cecilia Baffo, who was captured and sold to slavery.
Then she became Nurbanu Sultan, the wife of Sultan Selim II, and the queen mother of Sultan Murad III.