Alvise Pisani

Alvise Pisani ( born January 1, 1664 Venice, † June 17, 1741 ibid ) was the 114th Doge of Venice. He reigned from 1735 to 1741.

Family

The Pisani were among the wealthiest Venetian families of their time. The most famous member of the family was Admiral Vettor Pisani, who had defeated the Genoese in the War of Chioggia, and finally driven from Venice's Adriatic sphere of influence. The branch of the family of the Doge had an impressive City Palace in San Vitale, a villa in Stra on the Brenta (Villa Pisani ) of royal proportions and extensive lands, which yielded considerable profits.

Life

Alvise was the third of six sons of Gianfranceso Pisani and Paolina Contarini, granddaughter of Carlo Contarini, was born. He married Elena Badoer, the title dogaressa wore after his election. Of their four sons were born, among them the later procurator of San Marco Alvise III. Pisani called Luigi. Alvise Pisani had passed before his election a diplomatic career in the service of the Republic, the him. According to France, England and at the court of Charles VI had done. Besides, he had exercised the office of Savio.

The Dogenamt

Pisani was unanimously elected on January 17, 1735 at the age of 72 years on the first ballot to the Doge, probably with the help of bribes. Although he enjoyed in Venice the reputation of a miser, his election, however, was celebrated over three days with lavish festivities, balls, and nightly fireworks and with generous gifts of bread and money for the people. Pomp and extravagance were formative of his reign. The Republic, whose star was already on the decline, though enjoyed a time of inner and outer peace, only the Patriarch of Aquileia spun his intrigues that led to temporary foreign policy skirmishes with the Sultan, and Austria.

Although some patricians were aware of the need for internal reforms, the majority of all reform efforts locked. The poet and scholar Francesco Scipione Maffei recommended to involve the people in power, but fell on deaf ears. Venice, the Doge and loafers from Europe and the Orient ämusierten with balls and masquerades in a carnival, which lasted from October 5th to the Feast of the Ascension in early summer. As contemporary travelers say, let the Doge, although already old and sickly, no festivity from.

Alvise Pisani died on June 17 in 1741.

Tomb

Pisani was buried under the altar of St. Peter in the Church of San Andrea al Lido. His tomb has not survived, since the church was used after its profanation from 1810 for military purposes and later demolished.