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. However, he did not fully trust Carlo, as he subtly attempted to recruit him to the Templar cause. Once 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, the Grand Master of the Templar Order.

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 out "You... You killed me? You killed ME!?" before collapsing to his death. As a result, Ezio was mistakenly labeled as Mocenigo's killer.

Following his demise, he was replaced as Doge of Venice by Marco Barbarigo.

Trivia

• If you look closely at the corno ducale (Doge's hat) that Doge Mocenigo wears, there is a symbol on it which resembles the Assassin's insignia.
• Giovanni Mocenigo 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.
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  Giovanni Mocenigo's in-game render.

Sources

• Assassin's Creed II
• Assassin's Creed: Renaissance