Fantina Polo (1303between 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), 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.
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External links
Article on the exhibition held in Venice, at Ca' Pesaro
Article on the exhibition in Rome, at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni
La battaglia di Fantina Polo YouTube video State Archives of Venice, Ministry of Culture edited by Dr. Alessandra Schiavon State archivist
