Ruler · 1491 – 1585

Nicolò da Ponte

Lived 1491 – 1585; diplomat. Doge of Venice of Republic of Venice, 1578 – 1585.

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Lived: 1491 – 1585; 94 years
In office: 7 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Republic of Venice
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Doge of Venice

Republic of Venice · the 86th of 121 dated reigns · 717 – 1797

82 before

Pietro Loredan1567 – 1570

Alvise I Mocenigo1570 – 1577

Sebastiano Venier1577 – 1578

Nicolò da Ponte1578 – 1585

Pasquale Cicogna1585 – 1595

Morosina Morosini1595 – 1605

Marino Grimani1595 – 1605

32 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 1578 – 1585 · 7 years · came to it aged 87

Came to it: elected
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1585, the year they died

In 1570 da Ponte became a Procurator of San Marco, and on 11 March 1578, he was elected as Doge in a long and conflict-ridden election that required 44 ballots after Sebastiano Venier's death on 3 March.

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