Francesco Molin
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Francesco Molin or Francesco Da Molin (21 April 1575 – 27 February 1655) was the 99th
Background, 1575–1645
The son of Marino Molin and Paola Barbarigo, Francesco Molin was born and died in
Reign as Doge, 1646–1655
On 20 January 1646, after 23 ballots and considerable expense, Molin was elected as the 99th Doge of Venice.
During his first years as Doge, Molin strengthened Venetian forces in the area around Venice, and in
In an attempt to improve the situation, Venice led a fleet to the Dardanelles, where more Ottoman ships were destroyed, although a decisive Venetian victory still eluded Molin. In the campaigns of 1654 and 1655, Admiral Lazaro Mocenigo blockaded the Dardanelles; Mocenigo was killed during a third attempt, in 1657.
Given Venice's dire straits, it was forced to seek funds wherever it could. Molin determined to sell access to the Venetian nobility at a price of 100,000 ducats (60,000 ducats as a "gift" to the republic, and another 40,000 as a "loan"). These sales saw a number of new merchant families become Venetian patricians.
Molin died of a calculus on 27 February 1655.
References
This article was based on this article on Italian Wikipedia.
- ^ PalazzoMolin.com, http://www.palazzomolin.com/palazzo/history.php Archived 2019-04-04 at the Wayback Machine
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