Francesco Erizzo [SEP] position held
Francesco Erizzo
Francesco Erizzo (Venice, February 18, 1566 – Venice, January 3, 1646) was the 98th Doge of Venice, reigning from his election on April 10, 1631 until his death fifteen years later. His reign is particularly notable because the last year of his reign saw the beginning of a war with the Ottoman Empire for control of Crete that would last for 24 years and dominate the geopolitics of the Mediterranean.
Background, 1566–1631.
Francesco Erizzo was born into the Erizzo family, a patrician
large paintings depicting the story of Paolo Erizzo, Bailo of Negroponte, who was executed in 1470 by the Sultan Mehmet II. 
One member of the Erizzo family, Francesco Erizzo, was doge (1631-1646), and his tomb monument is found in San Martino. The Erizzo family died in 1847 with the death of Guido di Niccolo, but the name was taken up by Francesco Miniscalchi Erizzo, son of Luigi Miniscalchi and Marianna di Andrea Erizzo.