Giovanni Mocenigo

Giovanni Mocenigo (1409 – 14 September 1485) was Doge of Venice from 1478 to 1485. During his life, he fought with Mehmed II, Emperor of the Ottoman Empire and Ercole I d'Este, the duke of Ferrara.

Biography

Doge Mocenigo was close to Carlo Grimaldi, who was secretly a Templar. He did not fully trust Carlo, because he subtly attempted to recruit him to the Templar cause. However, when Grimaldi's superiors learned that the Assassin who had killed the Pazzi was in Venice and had killed Emilio Barbarigo, they decided that there was no longer time for this plan to be carried out. At a Templar meeting, Carlo received the order to kill Mocenigo from Rodrigo Borgia, Grand Master of the Templars.

Ezio Auditore overheard this meeting and broke into the Palazzo Ducale using Leonardo da Vinci's flying machine. However, Grimaldi had already poisoned Mocenigo with cantarella. As Mocenigo began to cough up blood, Ezio followed Carlo into the courtyard of the palace and killed him, avenging the Doge. Miraculously, the Doge managed to stumble into the courtyard, but, delirious from the poison, he yelled, "You....You killed me? You killed ME!?" before collapsing. As a result, Ezio was mistakenly labeled as Mocenigo's killer.

Following his death, he was replaced as Doge by Marco Barbarigo.

Database entry

Date of Birth: 1409.

Profession: Doge of Venice.

Doge of Venice from 1478 to 1485, Giovanni Mocenigo accomplished two things.

He ended Venice's Turkish war through the Treaty of Constantinople in 1479. Basically the treaty was a huge white flag giving Turkey Venetian territory and an annual tribute of 10,000 ducats, in order to prevent the Turks from taking over Venice. Not exactly a win.

He killed the Pope. The end of Sixtus IV was nigh when Mocenigo attacked Ferrara, starting the Salt War. Ferrara had challenged Venice's ownership of several salt mines (apparently humans, like hamsters, need ample quantities of salt), so Venice used this pretext to enter into a war that was really about territorial expansion.

Mocenigo's in-game render.

At first, the Pope fought alongside Venice, but then, once he realized Venice's territorial ambitions, switched sides. When Venice won, through the Treaty of Bagnolo, it gained significant territory, enlarging the Republic to the largest it would ever be.

When the Pope read the Treaty, he flew into a rage, and by the next day, he was dead.

Although, there were rumors that the Pope's death wasn't entirely caused by reading the Treaty, they have gone unproven.

Real Life

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Giovanni Mocenigo

In real life, Mocenigo fought the Ottoman Turks, which resulted in the Treaty of Constantinople and the loss of territory. However, his battle with the duke of Ferrara yielded a great expansion of territory in Italy for Venice.

Trivia

• If you look closely at the corno ducale (Doge's hat) that Doge Mocenigo wears in the image at the top of the page there is a symbol on it which resembles the Assassin Symbol.
• Giovanni Mocegino is the 72nd doge of Venice. The number 72 plays a significant role in the series.

Gallery

• Giovanni Mocenigo's bust
  Giovanni Mocenigo's bust