Tommaso Mocenigo
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Tommaso Mocenigo (1343-1423) was doge of Venice between 1414 and 1423.
He commanded the crusading fleet in the expedition to Nicopolis in 1396, and also won battles against the Genoese. While he was Venetian ambassador at Cremona he was elected doge (1414), and he escaped in secret, fearing that he might be held a prisoner by Gabrino Fondolo, tyrant of that city. He made peace with the Turkish sultan, but when hostilities broke out afresh his fleet defeated that of the Turks at Gallipoli. During his reign the patriarch of Aquileia was forced to cede his territories to the republic (1420), which also acquired Friuli and Dalmatia. Tommaso greatly encouraged commerce, reconstructed the ducal palace and commenced the library. He was the doge until his death.
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- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
