Alvise III Sebastiano

doge of Venice

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Alvise III Sebastiano was a doge of Venice, serving from 1723 to 1732. He was a member of the prominent Mocenigo family, which produced many military leaders, scholars, churchmen, diplomats, and statesmen for the Venetian Republic.1

The Mocenigo family experienced a political eclipse for 125 years before Alvise III Sebastiano's tenure. His reign followed that of Alvise I, who was doge from 1570 and whose rule was marked by a war with the Turks and the loss of Nicosia and Famagusta, though the naval victory of Lepanto was achieved.1

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…a few years later by Alvise III Sebastiano, doge from 1723 to 1732. A distant cousin, Alvise IV (1701–78), was doge from 1763 to 1778 and sought to reverse the declining fortunes of the republic by an enlightened commercial policy and a series of measures in restraint of clerical wealth…
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…a few years later by Alvise III Sebastiano, doge from 1723 to 1732. A distant cousin, Alvise IV (1701–78), was doge from 1763 to 1778 and sought to reverse the declining fortunes of the republic by an enlightened commercial policy and a series of measures in restraint of clerical wealth…
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