Querini

thumb|upright|Coat of arms The Querini family or Quirini was an old Venetian patrician family. They claimed an ancient Roman heritage, but their traceable history goes back to the 11th century. The family divided into many branches.

== Notable members == Ottaviano Querini (fl. 1181–1211), diplomat and administrator Romeo Querini (fl. 1209–1241), diplomat and administrator (d. 1257), archbishop Egidio Querini (fl. 1247–1268), diplomat and administrator Bartolomeo I Querini (1230–1291), bishop (d. 1307), bishop Marco Querini d. 1310), diplomat Giovanni Querini (d. 1333), poet (d. 1372), patriarch Andrea Querini (b. 1382), merchant and military leader Marco Querini (b. 1399), diplomat Guglielmo Querini (1400–1468), politician Pietro Querini (fl. 1431–1432), navigator Lauro Quirini (1420–1472), humanist Vincenzo Querini (1478–1514), diplomat and monk (1468–1554), patriarch Elisabetta Querini Massolo (d. 1559), friend of Pietro Bembo Giacomo Querini (1619–1677), diplomat Leonardo Quirini (17th century), poet Elisabetta Querini (1628–1709), dogaressa Angelo Maria Querini (1680–1755), cardinal (1721–1796), politician (1757–1825), admiral Marina Querini (1757–1839), socialite Alvise Querini (1758–1834), politician (1799–1869), philanthropist (1867–1900), explorer thumb|upright|Palazzo Querini Vianello