Agostino Barbarigo
Agostino Barbarigo | |
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 Portrait by Marco Basaiti | |
| Doge of Venice | |
| In office 1486–1501 | |
| Preceded by | Marco Barbarigo |
| Succeeded by | Leonardo Loredan |
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| Born | 3 June 1419 Venice, Republic of Venice |
| Died | 20 September 1501 (aged 82) Venice, Republic of Venice |
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| Battles/wars | Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503) |
Agostino Barbarigo (3 June 1419 – 20 September 1501) was Doge of Venice from 1486 until his death in 1501.
While he was Doge, the imposing Clock Tower in the Piazza San Marco with its archway through which the street known as the Merceria leads to the Rialto, was designed and completed. A figure of the Doge was originally shown kneeling before the lion of Venice on the top storey below the bell but this was removed by the French in 1797 after Venice had surrendered to Napoleon.[1][2]
In 1495 he created an Italian coalition to push back Charles VIII of France from Italy, which led to the Battle of Fornovo during the French retreat from Italy. During his reign Venice gained several strongholds in Romagna and annexed the island of Cyprus.
His relationships with the Ottoman sultan
Despite his personal opposition, in February 1499 Venice signed the
.His dogaressa was Elisabetta Soranzo.
Popular culture
- Agostino Barbarigo appears as the doge-elect in the video game Assassin's Creed: Project Legacyit is discovered that Agostino became corrupt, and is subsequently killed by the Assassins on 20 September 1501 via a series of poison-coated letters.
References
- ISBN 0300090293.
- ^ Lorenzetti 1975, pp. 141–142.
- ^ Romane 2020, p. 120.
- ^ Staley, Edgcumbe: The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges. London : T. W. Laurie
- ^ Norwich 1983, p. 363.
- ^ Lorenzetti 1975, p. 614.
- ^ Yoyonoa (1 August 2012). "Assassin's Creed - Séquence 1: Entre réalité et fiction !". Gameblog (in French). Retrieved 11 January 2019.
Sources
- Lorenzetti, Giulio (1975). Venice and its Lagoon (1982 ed.). Edizioni Lint Trieste. ISBN 978-0510011260.
- ISBN 0140066233.
- Romane, Julian (2020). The First and Second Italian Wars 1494-1504: Fearless Knights, Ruthless Princes and the Coming of Gunpowder Armies. Pen and Sword Military. ISBN 978-1526750518.
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