Alvise IV

doge of Venice

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Alvise IV was the doge of Venice from 1763 to 1778. He was a member of the prominent Mocenigo family, known for producing military leaders, scholars, churchmen, diplomats, and statesmen. During his reign, Alvise IV attempted to revitalize the republic's declining fortunes through enlightened commercial policies. He also implemented measures to curb the wealth and privileges of the clergy, which led to a conflict with Pope Clement XIII. The Venetian Republic itself eventually ended in 1797 when Napoleon Bonaparte deposed the last doge, Ludovico Manin.12

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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 and privilege that provoked a conflict with Pope Clement XIII.
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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 and privilege that provoked a conflict with Pope Clement XIII.
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