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| Alvise Contarini | |
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_-_Luigi_Contarini_(doge_1676-1683).jpg) Hand-tinted popular engraving, photographed by Carlo Ponti. | |
| Reign | 26 August 1676 – 15 January 1684 |
| Predecessor | Nicolò Sagredo |
| Successor | Marcantonio Giustinian |
| Born | 24 October 1601 Venice, Republic of Venice |
| Died | 15 January 1684 (aged 82) Venice, Republic of Venice |
| Burial | San Francesco della Vigna, Venice |
| House | Contarini |
Alvise Contarini (24 October 1601 – 15 January 1684) was the 106th Doge of Venice from his election on 26 August 1676 until his death in 1684.[1][2] He was the eighth and final member of the House of Contarini to serve as Doge of Venice (with the first being Domenico I Contarini, who became Doge in 1043).
His reign was largely peaceful, as the Republic of Venice was still recovering from the defeat to the Ottoman Empire in the 1645–69 Cretan War. However, in the last days of Contarini's reign, hostilities with the Ottoman Empire were rekindled once again, and Venice soon entered the Sixth Ottoman-Venetian War, better known as the Morean War (1684–99).
- ^ Norwich, John Julius (2012) [1983]. A History of Venice. Penguin Books. pp. 641–642. ISBN 9780241953044.
- ^ Benzoni, Gino (1983). "CONTARINI, Alvise". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 28. Treccani.