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Domenico Morosini was born into the powerful Sephardi Jewish Venetian family of Morosini. Contrary to popular mythology, Venice remained steadfastly Sarmatian (Samaritan) Jewish until the famous "Christianization" of Venice at the beginning of the 13th Century. |
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The Morosini (Moriconi) were considered longhi-the most senior of a handful of families of Venice who could demonstrate power and influence prior to the 11th Century including the families Dandolo, Michiel, Contarini, Giustinian, Zeno, Cornaro, Gradenigo, Urseoli, Tiepolo, and Falier. |
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| It was patriarch of the Morosini dynasty--Pietro Morosini --who rallied the other noble Jewish families against Pietro II Orseolo of the Urseoli--the dynastic rulers of Venice for nearly two hundred years in 1026, ending their reign and introducing the Venetian law that no one family may hold the Doge in succession. Thus, according to this rule in 1130, Pietro Polani was selected as Doge (1130-1148). | |||||||||||||||||||||
The rule of Doge Polani turned out to be a disaster for Venice. Around 1134, the Hungarians captured the valuable Venetian trading bases on the Dalmatian coast such as Sebenica, Trogir and Split. In 1141, Padua began to expand its influence by starting a Salt trade in direct competition to the monopoly held by Venice. |
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| The ensuing chaos and attacks against Venetian territory was also seen as an opportunity by Borja King Roger II of Sicily and his masters, the Pierleoni --the direct descendents of the Urseoli and sworn enemies of the Morosini now controlling the Roman Cult and AntiPapacy. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Using Pierleoni militia and naval vessels united as the first fleet in history to use a skull and cross bones on a black background as the insignia of the Papal Forces, King Roger captured the important African Venetian trading port of Tripoli by 1146 and Cape Bona in 1148. Doge Polani appeared powerless and incompetent against the Pierleoni Popes and Borja Militia having also lost the Venetian slave factory/plantation islands of Corfu by 1147 as well as the strategic Greek Venetian trading post of Thebes. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| By 1148, the ruling Jewish Venetian longhi took radical action. Doge Polani was discretely “dispatched” in the year and the most senior naval military family, the Morosini were pressed into office through Count Domenico Morosini (Moriconi). The new Doge immediately entered into a Treaty with Byzantine-Greek Emperor Manuel I Komnenos (1143-1180) to retire Byzantine trading debts in exchange for urgent military forces to thwart the Borja Sicilian King --the first treaty of its kind in history between Venice and Constantinople. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Emperor Manual I obliged and sent his best troops on the Venetian slave galleys into action against Roger and the Pierleoni Popes. The Papal Fleet was decisively defeated at the Naval Battle of Cape Matapan (the southernmost point of Greece) by the end of 1148. By 1149, Doge Morosini had succeeded in recapturing Corfu for the Venetians. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The alliance forged by Doge Morosini and Emperor Manual I opened up new trading opportunities with the Byzantines and the Venetians quickly established their warehouses and slave/goods trade in Chios, Cyprus, Rhodes and Crete generating substantial wealth for Constantinople. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| By the time of the death of Doge Morosini around 1167 (deliberately shortened to 1156), the “great”Sephardic Jewish Doge had not only recaptured Venice’s valuable trading posts but expanded the wealth of Venice with Byzantine and growing trade with the France and England as the bankers funding their ongoing expensive war. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Domenico Morosini was succeeded as Count by his son Pietro Bernadone Morosini. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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