Giovanni Mocenigo
Giovanni Mocenigo | |
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 Portrait of Giovanni Mocenigo, by Gentile Bellini | |
| Doge of Venice | |
| In office 1478–1485 | |
| Preceded by | Andrea Vendramin |
| Succeeded by | Marco Barbarigo |
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| Born | 1409 Venice, Republic of Venice |
| Died | 14 September 1485 Venice, Republic of Venice |
Monument to Giovanni Mocenigo - Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice
Giovanni Ser di Mocenigo, Jr. (1409 – November 4, 1485), Pietro Mocenigo's brother, was doge of Venice from 1478 to 1485. He fought at sea against the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II and on land against Ercole I d'Este, duke of Ferrara, from whom he recaptured Rovigo and the Polesine. He was interred in the Basilica di Santi Giovanni e Paolo, a traditional burial place of the doges. His dogaressa was Taddea Michiel (d. 1479), who was to be the last dogaressa to be crowned in Venice until Zilia Dandolo in 1557, almost a century later.[1][2]
Popular culture[]
- In the video game Assassin's Creed II, Giovanni Mocenigo is poisoned by the fictional consigliere and Council of Ten member Carlo Grimaldi, which leads to Marco Barbarigo being installed as doge. This fictionalization was actually based on real-life speculations that Giovanni Mocenigo was poisoned.
See also[]
- Mocenigo family
References[]
- ^ Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges. London : T. W. Laurie
- ^ "The Truth About Giordano Bruno". NCR. Retrieved 2020-09-12.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mocenigo". Encyclopædia Britannica. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 637.
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