Giovanni II Cornaro
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Giovanni II Cornaro, sometimes Corner (born Venice
Venice
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, August 4, 1647 - died there August 12, 1722) was a Venetian nobleman and statesman; he served as the 111th Doge of Venice
Doge of Venice
The Doge of Venice , often mistranslated Duke was the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice for over a thousand years. Doges of Venice were elected for life by the city-state's aristocracy. Commonly the person selected as Doge was the shrewdest elder in the city...

 from May 22, 1709 until his death. Cornaro was a career statesman from a noble family; during his time as Doge he led Venice in war against the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
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, culminating in the signing of the Treaty of Passarowitz
Treaty of Passarowitz
The Treaty of Passarowitz or Treaty of Požarevac was the peace treaty signed in Požarevac , a town in Ottoman Empire , on 21 July 1718 between the Ottoman Empire on one side and the Habsburg Monarchy of Austria and the Republic of Venice on the other.During the years 1714-1718, the Ottomans had...

 in 1718. He was succeeded as Doge by Sebastiano Mocenigo
Sebastiano Mocenigo
Alvise III Sebastiano Mocenigo was doge of Venice from 1722 to 1732.-Notes and references:...

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