The House of Mocenigo (Venetian pronunciation:[mo.tʃe.'ni.go]) was a Venetian noble family of Lombard origin. Many of its members were doges, statesmen, and soldiers.
Tommaso Alvise Mocenigo (1583-1654), Capitano Generale da Mar, (admiral) of the Venetian fleet 1648–1651, and again 1653–1654, during the Cretan War (1645–1669) (Fifth Turkish–Venetian War), commanding during two crucial engagements.[1] He died in Venice soon after his last naval battle, and was memorialised in the church of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti with a monument by sculptor Giuseppe Sardi (1624–1699)[2]
Andrea Mocenigo (lived 15th-16th centuries), a senator of the republic and a historian