Francesco Morosini

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Francesco Morosini (26 February 1619 – 16 January 1694) was the Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694, at the height of the Great Turkish War. His tenacious defense of Crete in 1667–1669 earned him a reputation as a war hero, and his subsequent victories over the Ottomans secured Venetian dominion over the Peloponnese for three decades. Military historian Eric G. L. Pinzelli describes him as "the undisputed master of amphibious warfare in the Eastern Mediterranean".

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