Agostino Barbarigo (3 June 1419 – 20 September 1501) was
Doge of Venice
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from 1486 until his death in 1501.
While he was Doge, the imposing
Clock Tower
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in the Piazza San Marco with its archway through which the street known as the Merceria leads to the Rialto, was designed and completed. A figure of the Doge was originally shown kneeling before the lion of Venice on the top storey below the bell but this was removed by the French in 1797 after Venice had surrendered to Napoleon.
In 1495 he created an Italian coalition to push back
Charles VIII of France
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from Italy, which led to the
Battle of Fornovo during the French retreat from Italy. During his reign Venice gained several strongholds in
Romagna
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and annexed the island of
Cyprus
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.
His relationships with the Ottoman sultan
Bayezid II were initially amicable, but they became increasingly strained starting from 1492, eventually leading to open war in 1499. The Venetian merchants in
Istanbul
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were arrested, while
Bosnia
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n troops invaded
Dalmatia
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and reached
Zara. The Venetian fleet was defeated at the
Battle of Zonchio, and the Republic lost its base in
Lepanto. The latter was soon followed by
Modone
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and
Corone
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, which meant the loss of all the main intermediate stops for the Venetian ships sailing towards the Levante.
Despite his personal opposition, in February 1499 Venice signed the
Treaty of Blois, a military alliance with
Louis XII of France
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against their long-standing rival, the
Duchy of Milan
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. Barbarigo believed it to be a distraction from the Ottoman threat; a peace treaty was signed in 1503, which left Venice holding only
Nafplion
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,
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and
Monemvasia
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in
Morea
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.
His dogaressa was Elisabetta Soranzo. His brother
Marco Barbarigo preceded him as Doge but held office for less than a year; their tomb, originally in the church of the Carita, has been demolished. Part of it, a relief showing the "Resurrection of Christ" is in the
Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista, attributed to the workshop of Antonio Rizzo.
Popular culture
* Agostino Barbarigo appears as the doge-elect in the video game ''
Assassin's Creed II
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''.
Marco's short reign as Doge is ended when Ezio assassinates him. In Facebook game ''
Assassin's Creed: Project Legacy'' it is discovered that Agostino became corrupt, and is subsequently killed by the Assassins on 20 September 1501 via a series of poison-coated letters.
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1419 births
1501 deaths
Agostino
Republic of Venice people of the Ottoman–Venetian Wars
Italian Renaissance people
15th-century Doges of Venice
16th-century Doges of Venice