Pasquale Cicogna’

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Pasquale Cicogna (*27). May 1509 in Venice; † April 2, 1595 just there), one follows the count of the state-controlled historiography of the Republic of Venice, its 88th Doge. He filled the office from his election on the 18th. August 1585 until his death.

From 1534 Cicogna took over numerous offices within the Venetian colonial empire, such as in the Friuli, on the Terraferma, but especially on Crete. But also within Venice he held a number of offices, finally rose to the Small Council, one of the most important bodies of the Republic. As a compromise candidate of the two groups within the patricia, he was able to prevail in the doge election.

He supported the claim of Henry IV to the French throne. Pope Sixtus V was also able to win Cicogna to support Henry through his conversion to Catholicism. A number of central buildings, such as the Doge's Palace and the Rialto Bridge, were restored during his tenure. The construction of the church of Il Redentore, begun in 1577 and built for the redemption of the plague, was completed in 1592.

Family

His family had not ascended to the Great Council of Venice until 1381, when Venice was at war with Genoa, where the city-Venetian nobility mainly gathered for elections. In the 15th century, the Doge’s uncle, Francesco di Marco, emerged first. He held a number of offices in the eastern colonies. Especially around Candia, the capital of Crete, the family owned extensive lands. The branch to which the later Doge belonged was called da Retimo e da Santa Ternita.

Marina Manolesso, whom Gabriele Cicogna married in 1504, belonged to a family that had long enjoyed the highest prestige. Her son Pasquale had four brothers and two sisters. Of the brothers, Francesco died as a child, while Marco completed a steep career at sea. In addition, he fought in the naval battle of Lepanto 1571 against the Ottoman fleet. Antonio became the procurator of San Marco. Giovanni, according to the Segretario alle Voci, was elected commander of a galley in 1572.

His eponymous, illegitimate son Pasquale became a monk and later bishop of Arbe (now Rab).

Live life

Official career (from 1534)
Pasquale Cicogna spent most of his life on behalf of the Republic outside Venice. Already the first office he took over did not belong to the usual career of a Venetian patrician, because he was elevated to the position of Tesoriere, Treasurer, of Friuli, an office he held from April 1534 to July 1536.

Between June 1539 and June 1541 he was castel of Corfu, then from March 1542 to March 1544 he held the same office on Lesina, the Croatian island of Hvar, then from October 1544 to October 1546 he became the Provveditore of the fortress Rocca d'Anfo in the west of the Terraferma.

Marriage (1548), Duties within Ven