Marino Morosini

Marino Morosini's coat of arms

Marino Morosini's grave

Marino Morosini († January 1, 1253 ) was the 44th Doge of Venice . He ruled from 1249 to 1253.

family

Four doges emerged from the Morosini family, besides Marino the doges Domenico Morosini (1147-1156), Michele Morosini (1382) and Francesco Morosini (1688-1694). Four women from the family were married to Dogen and carried the title Dogaressa : Tommasina Morosini was the wife of Pietro Gradenigo , Francesca Morosini was married to Andrea Dandolo , Dea Morosini to Niccolò Tron and Morosina Morosini to Marino Grimani .

Life

Morosini was elected Doge at the age of 68. He was Procurator of San Marco at the time of the election . During his political career he was the Duca of Candia (Crete).

He was married but had no children.

During his reign of only four years, the republic enjoyed a period of peace. There was a crusade led by the French King Louis IX. which was directed against Egypt, but in which Venice did not participate because of its trade agreements with the Sultan, which it did not want to endanger under any circumstances.

In an effort to improve relations with the Vatican, Venice was forced to make concessions to Rome and to allow the establishment of an Inquisition Court, but reserved the right to appoint judges. Nevertheless, tensions between Rome and Venice persisted.

Marino Morosini died on January 1st, 1253 and was buried in the atrium of San Marco .

swell

• Ester Pastorello (Ed.): Andrea Dandolo, Chronica per extensum descripta aa. 460-1280 dC , (= Rerum Italicarum Scriptores XII, 1), Nicola Zanichelli, Bologna 1938, pp. 302-304. ( Digitized, p. 302 f. )

literature

Idealizing portrait of the Doge by Jacopo Palma d. J. (1550–1628), Frari Church , Venice

• Claudio Rendina: I dogi. Storia e segreti. Rome 1984, ISBN 88-8289-656-0

Web links

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predecessor	Office	successor
Jacopo Tiepolo	Doge of Venice 1249–1253	Renier Zen