Antonio Priuli (doge)
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Antonio Priuli (10 May 1548 – 12 August 1623) was the 94th Doge of Venice from 1618 until his death in 1623.[1][2] Priuli became Doge in the midst of an ongoing Spanish conspiracy orchestrated by the Spanish Ambassador to Venice, Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar, a "spy war" that did not end until 1622.
Background, 1548–1618
Priuli was born and died in Venice. He was the son of Gerolamo Priuli and Elisabetta Cappello. He enjoyed a successful career as a sailor and a soldier. He married Elena Barbarigo and the couple had 14 children, which resulted in the need for Priuli to become heavily indebted.
In 1618, he was appointed
Doge, 1618–1623
Priuli was hurriedly elected as Doge on 17 May 1618, only days after the death of Donato. At the time of his election, it was widely believed that the Spanish, led by Bedmar, had landed
The hysteria ended in 1622, and on 16 January 1623 the Venetian government issued an apology to Alethea Talbot for Foscarini's execution, thus marking a scaling back of the manhunt. Venice and Spain continued to be at odds throughout the seventeenth century, but things never again reached the fever pitch of 1618–1622.
In February 1623 the
References
This article is based on this article from Italian Wikipedia.
- ISBN 9780241953044.
- ^ Trebbi, Giuseppe (2016). "PRIULI, Antonio". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 85. Treccani.
External links
- Media related to Antonio Priuli at Wikimedia Commons