Carlo Ruzzini

Carlo Ruzzini (* November 11, 1653 in Venice, † January 5, 1735 in Venice) was the 113th Doge of Venice. He reigned from 1732 to 1735.

Life

Carlo Ruzzini was born as the third son of the procurator Ruzzini Marco and his wife Caterina di Zeno Gianantonio who had four sons and four daughters besides him. He received a careful education at a school run by the Order of Somascher, was first a member and later Savio of the Order.

From the beginning of his political career he devoted himself to diplomacy. He represented the interests of the Republic at the courts of France, England, Belgium and the Netherlands and the German imperial court in Vienna, and was Ambassador in Madrid and at the Sublime Porte, where he pleaded in vain for a peaceful resolution of conflicts with the Ottoman Empire. He was a delegate in the negotiations and peace treaties of Karlowitz, Utrecht and Passaro joke.

Ruzzini, who had enjoyed a humanist education, possessed in his palace in addition to a library, a large collection of paintings and a remarkable collection of coins, medals, gems and curiosities, as they were popular in the cabinets of the time. He was not married and had no children.

The Dogenamt

He was elected on June 2, 1732 on the first ballot - despite his advanced age and his frailty - because of its high reputation and his service to the Republic. His tenure was uneventful, Venice enjoyed a peaceful time. It was the last of the many relics translations to Venice instead: relics of canonized Doge Pietro Orseolo were transferred from Paris to Venice and received with great pomp in Venice.

Ruzzini died on 5 January 1735. He was buried in the chapel of St. Teresa in the Scalzi church in a ground grave. A slab of black marble with his name, his coat of arms and the Corno Ducale is reminiscent of the Doge.