Albertino Morosini was elected governor of the Republic of Pisa until his defeat and capture by the Genoese at the Battle of Meloria in 1284.
17 Facts About Albertino Morosini
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Albertino Morosini served in high offices in the Venetian Republic, including as bailo in Acre and Duke of Crete, where he confronted the Revolt of Alexios Kallergis.
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Albertino Morosini returned to Venice after the death of Andrew III in 1301.
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Albertino Morosini was likely born in the 1230s or early 1240s.
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Albertino Morosini's father was Michele Morosini, who served as governor of Faenza in 1240, and his mother was Agnese Cornaro, of the "dalla Sbarra" branch of the House of Cornaro.
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Albertino Morosini is first attested as a member of the Great Council of Venice in 1261.
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Albertino Morosini held a seat there several times until 1283, a testament to the prominence and wealth of his family.
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Albertino Morosini was elected to another tenure in the Great Council in 1283, and participated in a special commission for the revision of the 1277 agreement with Tyre.
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Albertino Morosini's election came at a time of rising tensions between Pisa and its rival, the Republic of Genoa.
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In summer of the same year, Albertino Morosini led a Pisan fleet of 72 galleys in a surprise attack against the Genoese.
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Back in Venice, Albertino Morosini resumed his seat in the Great Council.
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Albertino Morosini was a member of a Venetian legation in 1286, which was mandated to re-establish and secure Venice's trade routes from Central Europe, which were blocked in the wars against the Patriarchate of Aquileia.
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Albertino Morosini remained in debt, so the family jewels pledged were sold by the creditors; but since the Florentines still did not recover the full amount, in 1291 they personally visited him in his Venetian palace, who simply threw them out amid threats.
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Albertino Morosini served as captain of Istria and podesta of Capo d'Istria or Justinopolis in 1296.
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Albertino Morosini returned to the Republic of Venice still in that year.
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Albertino Morosini had a palace built in the San Marco district and the queen spent the last years of her life and died there.
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Albertino Morosini's tomb is in the church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice.