Marco Cornaro

Marco Cornaro (c. 1286 – 13 January 1368), also known as Marco Corner, was the 59th doge of Venice, ruling between 1365 and 1368. His brief reign saw the loss of Venetian territory to Genoa and the Ottoman Empire, though Venice was to enjoy economic growth during this time.

Biography

The Cornaro family to which the future doge was born was one of Venice's oldest, its lineage traceable to the Romans. It was also one of the richest, having achieved this status from money-lending. The Cornaros would produce three more doges in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Marco Cornaro's first marriage was to Giovanna Scrovegni of Padua, with whom he had three sons and two daughters. His second marriage was to a woman named Caterina about whom little is known other than her low social status made his later election to the doge difficult. Dogaressa Caterina was somewhat mocked for her simple habits, which was not seen as suitable for the rank of a dogaressa, but he always defended her and called her a good woman and wife. Cornaro acquired his own wealth through trade with Egypt. He also followed both military and political careers in the service of the Republic, leading troops at sea and on the mainland. He served as ambassador to Emperor Charles IV and Pope Clement VI, and was also a member of the Venetian delegation to the election of Pope Urban V in Avignon.

Marco Cornaro (disambiguation)

Marco Cornaro (1286–1368) was doge of Venice.

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Marco Cornaro (cardinal)

Marco Cornaro (1482–1524) (called Cardinal Cornaro and Cardinal Cornelius) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and bishop.

Biography

A member of the House of Cornaro, Marco Cornaro was born in Venice in 1482, the son of Giorgio Cornaro and Elisabetta Morosini. He was the nephew of Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus. His older brother Francesco Cornaro was also a cardinal. Early in his life, Marco Cornaro was a protonotary apostolic.

Pope Alexander VI made Cornaro a cardinal deacon in the consistory of September 28, 1500. He received the deaconry of Santa Maria in Campitelli on October 5, 1500.

He arrived in Rome on September 1, 1503 and then participated in both the papal conclave of September 1503 that elected Pope Pius III, and the papal conclave of October 1503 that elected Pope Julius II.

On November 29, 1503, he became apostolic administrator of the see of Verona, occupying this post to his death. He was elected Bishop of Famagusta on December 11, 1503; he resigned this see on July 1, 1504. In July 1506, he was named titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, holding this see until October 30, 1507, and then again from June 11, 1521 until his death. In January 1511, he accompanied Pope Julius II during the siege of Mirandola. The pope then named him papal legate to the Patrimonium Sancti Petri, holding this position until 1514. He was also involved in the negotiations to reconcile the Republic of Venice with Pope Julius II.