Giovanni Mocenigo

doge of Venice

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Giovanni Mocenigo was a member of the prominent Mocenigo family, a renowned patrician family of the Venetian Republic that produced military leaders, scholars, churchmen, diplomats, and statesmen, including seven doges. He served as doge of Venice from 1478 to 1485. During his reign, he successfully concluded a peace treaty with the Ottoman Empire and acquired Rovigo and Polesine for Venice in the War of Ferrara. The office of doge was the highest official of the Republic of Venice for over a thousand years, symbolizing the state's sovereignty.12

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…invitation of the Venetian patrician Giovanni Mocenigo, Bruno made the fatal move of returning to Italy. At the time, such a move did not seem to be too much of a risk: Venice was by far the most liberal of the Italian states; the European tension had been temporarily eased…
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His brother Giovanni (1408–85) became doge in 1478 and succeeded in concluding peace with the Ottoman Empire; in the War of Ferrara he acquired Rovigo and Polesine for Venice.
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