Giovanni Mocenigo | |
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Doge of Venice | |
In office 1478–1485 | |
Preceded by | Andrea Vendramin |
Succeeded by | Marco Barbarigo |
Personal details | |
Born | 1408 Venice, Republic of Venice |
Died | 4 November 1485 Venice, Republic of Venice |
Giovanni di Mocenigo (1408 – November 4, 1485) 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] His brother, Pietro Mocenigo, served as Doge before him, in 1474–1476.