The "Dodge" of Venice
The Doge of Venice (/doʊdʒ/ DOHJ; Venetian "military leader", sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian Duca), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 and 1797 - the position was entrusted to members of the inner circle of powerful Venetian families, election of the doge was entrusted to a committee of forty, who were chosen by four men selected from the Great Council of Venice, which was itself nominated annually by twelve persons.
The Seder Olam Zuta states that the first exilarch was Jehoiachin, the king of Judah who was carried off to captivity in Babylonia in 597 B.C.The captive king's advancement at Evil-Merodach's court—with which the narrative of the Second Book of Kings closes (2 Kings 25:27)—was regarded by the author of the Seder 'Olam Zuta as the origin of the office, and the basis for the exilarch's authority. A list of generationss given in the text closely parallels names found in I Chronicles 3:17
Marino Faliero Doge of Venice - Francisco Pradilla Ortiz
Note the "clpit" in his hat
Codex Borgia, pg 50