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Marco Barbarigo (1413 - 1486) was a member of the Knights Templar and Doge of Venice in the last year of his life. Belonging to a rich and powerful family, Marco was a tyrant used to getting his own way.

Biography

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Marco meets with other Templars in Venice.

Once a friend of his bodyguard and attendant, Dante Moro, Marco became attracted to Moro's wife Carlotta and orchestrated an attempt on his former friend's life. Dante escaped his killers, but his wounds left his brain damaged. Marco made Dante renounce his marriage and afterwards he married Carlotta.[2]

Like most of the Barbarigo family, Marco became involved with "the Spaniard" Rodrigo Borgia and his plot to take over the Venetian government. In 1485, after the assassination of his relative Emilio Barbarigo, Marco, Dante, Silvio Barbarigo and Carlo Grimaldi met with Rodrigo Borgia to discuss the progress of Grimaldi's mission. Unbeknownst to them, the Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze eavesdropped the meeting and discovered the Barbarigos' allegiance.

After the deaths of Doge Giovanni Mocenigo and Carlo Grimaldi, Marco was appointed Doge himself. Declaring Ezio an "enemy of Venice" for the murdering of Doge Mocenigo, Marco hid in the Palazzo Ducale, never to come out. However, Ezio managed to infiltrate Marco's private carnevale party. When Marco finally showed up on his boat to deliver a speech, Ezio took his chance to assassinate Marco, after which Marco's brother Agostino Barbarigo became Doge.

Database Entry

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Date of Birth: 1413

Profession: Noble, Doge of Venice

Video:

  • Shaun: Marco Barbarigo. Although his brother Agostino was destined for greatness, Marco left his mark on Venetian history as well. A tyrant since he was old enough to walk, whatever Marco wanted, he got. There are records here for jewels, entire fleets of ships, all paid for by his family and ordered directly from him. And then there's his personal life: apparently, Marco's wife, Carlotta, used to be married to his bodyguard, Dante Moro. Dante was captain of the city guard, and heir to one of the most prestigious families in Venezia. Marco was supposedly his close friend, right, but get this: Marco decides he wants Carlotta. In the Catholic religion, marriage is "'till death do us part," and Marco's a good Catholic. So, he hires a hit on Dante. Dante gets stabbed three times in the body and once in the head. But he doesn't die. He recovers with severe brain damage. Dante becomes like a child. So, what does Marco do? Well, he hires Dante as his personal bodyguard and gets him to sign a confession annulling his marriage. Marco takes Carlotta, and keeps Dante as his personal slave. What a lovely fella.

Final Words

Marco: No, it's too soon. I'm not ready.

Ezio: We rarely are. Che la morte non sia crudele. (Death be not unkind.) Requiescat in pace. (Rest in peace.)


Trivia

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Marco talking to his messenger in Lineage.

Notes and references

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