Antonio Priuli (doge)

He married Elena Barbarigo and the couple had 14 children, which resulted in the need for Priuli to become heavily indebted.

Priuli's election began a brutal process of ferreting out individuals suspected of plotting against Venice.

The manhunt led to the arrest of many actual plotters, but also of many innocent victims, such as Antonio Foscarini, a patrician who was executed on 21 April 1622, after attending an event at the English embassy.

The hysteria ended in 1622, and on 16 January 1623 the Venetian government issued an apology to Alethea Talbot for Foscarini's execution, thus marking a scaling back of the manhunt.

Venice and Spain continued to be at odds throughout the seventeenth century, but things never again reached the fever pitch of 1618–1622.