Doge
![Leonardo Loredan (1501), Doge of Venice, by Giovanni Bellini, wearing the Corno Ducale, the ducal hat which symbolised his office.](/Images/godic/202501/09/Giovanni_Bellini,_portrait_of_Doge_Leonardo_Loredan4312.jpg")
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A doge (/ˈdoʊdʒ/; Italian pronunciation: [ˈdɔːdʒe], plural dogi or doges) was an elected, chief-of-state lordship, the ruler of the republic in many of the Italian city-states during the medieval and renaissance periods, in the Italian "crowned republics".