Pietro Mocenigo

Pietro Mocenigo was doge of Venice from 1474 to 1476.

Biography

Mocenigo was the oldest of eight children of Leonardo Mocenigo and Franceschina Molin. He was the brother of the future doge Giovanni Mocenigo In 1429 he married Laura di Bernardo Zorzi, with whom he had no children.
Mocenigo was a merchant in his younger years. In 1438 he was elected Judge of the Proprio and in 1439 he was appointed to the Signori della Notte for the Sestiere of San Marco.
When his father died towards the end of 1442, Mocenigo began a career in the navy. On March 14 of the following year, he became Supercomito (Commander