Raniero Dandolo

Raniero Dandolo (died 1209) was a Venetian admiral and statesman, the only confirmed son of Doge Enrico Dandolo. From 1202 to 1205 he governed Venice as vice-doge during his father's absence on the Fourth Crusade, corresponding with Pope Innocent III over the installation of Tommaso Morosini as Latin patriarch of Constantinople, and he also legislated as vice-doge.

After his father's death he led the Venetian conquest of Crete against the Genoese, and after subduing most of the island he was killed there by an arrow in 1209. His daughter Anna married King Stefan Nemanjić of Serbia.