Francesco Morosini
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Francesco Morosini was the Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694, at the height of the Great Turkish War. He was one of the many doges and generals produced by the Venetian noble Morosini family.
Portrait by Giovanni Carboncino
Merit Offers the Command to Doge Morosini, by Gregorio Lazzarini, 1694
Medal struck in Morosini's honour for his military exploits in the Morean War.
The Acropolis of Athens viewed from the Hill of the Muses
Morean War
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The Morean war, also known as the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War, was fought between 1684–1699 as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoma
Francesco Morosini
…city, and was accused of cowardice and treason on his return to Venice; however, he was acquitted after a brief trial. In 1685, at the outbreak of the Morean War, Morosini took command of a fleet against the Ottomans. Over the next several years, he captured the Morea with the help of Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck…
Medal commemorating the Venetian victories in the Morean War, struck by Georg Hautsch in Nuremberg in 1687. It shows the main Venetian commanders (Francesco Morosini, Otto Wilhelm Königsmarck, Girolamo Cornaro) on the obverse, and the main fortresses captured by the Venetians on the reverse.
Sketch of the Siege of Santa Maura, by Jacob Peeters
Engraving of the Venetian attack on Preveza, by Vincenzo Coronelli
The Battle of Kalamata, by Vincenzo Coronelli