Question

A blind holder of this position named Enrico Dandolo ordered the 1204 sack of Constantinople. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this position which was the Chief magistrate of a maritime city-state on the Adriatic Sea. Holders of this position could have been referred to by the title “Most Serene Prince."
ANSWER: Doge of Venice
[10e] The sack of Constantinople was ordered by Dandolo during the fourth of these series of military campaigns undertaken by Christian states in Europe during the medieval period.
ANSWER: the Crusades
[10h] Every year, the doges of Venice took part in this ritual ceremony where they would cast a golden ring into the waters, accompanied by the words “Desponsamus, te mare."
ANSWER: Marriage of the Sea [or Sposalizio del Mare]
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