Domenico Morosini

Domenico Morosini ( † around 1156 ) was the 37th Doge of Venice. He reigned from 1148 to 1156.

During his reign the wars with the Normans were terminated by victories of the Venetian fleet under the two Dogensöhnen Naimero and Giovanni Polani. In a peace treaty between the Republic and William I of Sicily Venice's dominance in the Adriatic Sea has been saved. By Morosini wise diplomacy led to agreements with both Konstantin Opel as well as with the maritime powers of the western Mediterranean, Pisa and Genoa, was able to develop the Venetian trade in the Mediterranean undisturbed by the. Even domestically succeeded Morosini, the tensions to defuse under his despotic tendency to despotism predecessor Pietro Polani between Polani, the Dandolo and the Badoer had built, and to calm the heated air between the parties by his wise decisions.

Family

The Morosini are it is proved to the 10th century in Venice, so they belong to the case vecchie. From the family of two cardinals, a patriarch and a total of four doges have emerged in addition to several generals and admirals:

After Domenico the Doge Marino Morosini (1249-1253) and Michele Morosini, who died only four months after his election in 1382 of the plague and the famous, from Venice for his military merits with the honorary title Il Peloponnesiacus excellent Francesco Morosini ( 1688 - 1694 ).

Tomb

The tomb Morosini was in Santa Croce and was destroyed along with the church and the monastery during Napoleon's rule.