Ludovico Giovanni Manin was a Venetian politician, patrician, and the 120th and last Doge of Venice.
11 Facts About Ludovico Manin
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Lodovico Manin was the eldest of five sons of Lodovico III Alvise and Lucrezia Maria Basadonna, the great-granddaughter of cardinal Pietro Basadonna.
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Ludovico Manin attended the University of Bologna and was a boarder at the noble College of St Xavier.
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Ludovico Manin printed propositions of natural law, which he studied during this period.
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When Ludovico Manin began public life he was quickly noticed for his generosity, honesty, kindness, and wealth.
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Ludovico Manin resided in the Palazzo Dolfin Ludovico Manin, reportedly refusing even to answer his door to friends.
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Ludovico Manin returned the ducal insignia alongside the "Golden Book" that served as a register of the oligarchical families of Venice to the Piazza San Marco, where they were hidden by the new city authorities.
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Ludovico Manin wanted to end his days in a monastery, but this proved impossible.
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Ludovico Manin's will ordered that his funeral should take place "with the least possible pomp".
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Ludovico Manin left 110,000 ducats to the Manin Foundation for the benefit of the city's lunatics, orphans, and girls from poor families needing a dowry.
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Ludovico Manin's remains were interred in the chapel of the Church of the Scalzi in Venice, near the present railway station of Venice Saint Lucia in the family tomb of Manin where his late wife already lay.