Jump to content

Giovanni II Cornaro

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Aciram (talk | contribs) at 21:57, 20 November 2016. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Giovanni II Cornaro, sometimes Corner (4 August 1647 – 12 August 1722) was a Venetian nobleman and statesman; he served as the 111th Doge of Venice from 22 May 1709 until his death.

Cornaro was born and died in Venice. a career statesman from a noble family; during his time as Doge he led Venice in the last war against the Ottoman Empire, culminating in the signing of the Treaty of Passarowitz in 1718, whereby Venice lost the Morea and her last possessions in the Aegean Sea. He was succeeded as Doge by Sebastiano Mocenigo.

His dogaressa was Laura Cornaro.[1]

References

Political offices
Preceded by Doge of Venice
1709–1722
Succeeded by