Alvise I

doge of Venice

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Alvise I was a member of the prominent Mocenigo family of Venice, which supplied numerous leaders, scholars, and statesmen, including seven doges. He served as doge from 1570 to 1577. His reign was largely defined by a significant war with the Ottoman Empire. During this conflict, Venice lost important territories such as Nicosia and Famagusta. However, this period also saw the significant naval victory at the Battle of Lepanto. The Mocenigo family experienced a political decline for approximately 125 years following Alvise I's rule, before other members of the family later held the position of doge.1

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His nephew Alvise I (1507–77) was doge from 1570; his reign was dominated by a new war with the Turks in which Nicosia and Famagusta were lost but in which the great naval victory of Lepanto was won. The family suffered a political eclipse for the next…
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His nephew Alvise I (1507–77) was doge from 1570; his reign was dominated by a new war with the Turks in which Nicosia and Famagusta were lost but in which the great naval victory of Lepanto was won. The family suffered a political eclipse for the next…
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