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Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo

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Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo
Portrait by Francesco Pavona, 1763
Portrait by Francesco Pavona, 1763
Doge of Venice
Reign 1763 – 31 December 1778
Predecessor Marco Foscarini
Successor Paolo Renier
Born 19 May 1701
Died 31 December 1778 (aged 77)
Venice, Republic of Venice
Spouse Pisana Cornaro
(m. 1739–1769)
Religion Roman Catholicism

Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo (19 May 1701– 31 December 1778), sometimes enumerated Alvise IV Mocenigo, was the 118th doge of Venice from 1763 until his death.

Political career

He restricted the privileges of the clergy and, in consequence, came into bitter conflict with Pope Clement XIII.

In trying to spur on the economy, he made important commercial agreements with Tripoli, Tunisia, Morocco, the Russian Empire, and with America.

He died on 31 December 1778. He was married in 1739 to Pisana Cornaro (d. 1769) and in 1771 to Polissena Contarini Da Mula.[1]

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