Ruler · 1585 – 1656

Francesco Cornaro

Lived 1585 – 1656; politician. Doge of Venice of Republic of Venice, 1656.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1585 – 1656; 71 years
Lines: 1; Republic of Venice
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Doge of Venice

Republic of Venice · the 101st of 121 dated reigns · 717 – 1797

97 before

Francesco Erizzo1631 – 1646

Francesco Molin1646 – 1655

Carlo Contarini1655 – 1656

Francesco Cornaro1656

Bertuccio Valier1656 – 1658

Giovanni Pesaro1658 – 1659

Domenico II Contarini1659 – 1675

17 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1656 · under a year · came to it aged 71

Came to it: elected
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1656, the year they died

However, after the death of Carlo Contarini on 1 May 1656 (a reign that lasted barely more than a year), Cornaro was elected Doge on 17 May 1656, only to die a few weeks later on 5 June 1656.

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