Federico Badoer

Badoer was born on 2 January 1519 in Venice. His father was Alvise Badoer. He was a promising youth, being praised by Pietro Bembo, Paolo Manuzio, Daniele Barbaro, Claudio Tolomei and Pietro Aretino. He was elected a Savio agli Ordini in 1539. On 28 February 1547, he was sent as an ambassador extraordinary to the court of Duke Guidobaldo II of Urbino to give the republic's condolences on the death of the Duchess Giulia da Varano. On 10 August 1549, he was named ambassador to the court of King Ferdinand I of Germany, where he resided from 1550 to 1552. He succeeded Francesco Badoer.

In 1553, Badoer served as Avogador di Comun. On 24 March 1554, he was named ambassador to the court of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, where he arrived in November. His goal was to prevent Cosimo de' Medici from acquiring the Republic of Siena. After Charles's abdication in 1556, he went to the court of King Philip II of Spain.

Badoer returned to Venice in February 1557. Later that year, he founded the Accademia della Fama also known as Accademia Veneziana. The academy had the support of Domenico Venier and his circle of poets. Venier was Badoer's long-time friend.

In 1558, Francesco Patrizi wrote a praise poem, Badoaro, in his honour. After he defaulted on the many debts he incurred funding his upstart academy, the Venetian Senate ordered his arrest on 19 August 1561, along with his nephews, Alvise, Giustiniano and Giovanni. The Accademia was shut down by the government.