Marcantonio Memmo

[1] The son of Giovanni Memmo and Bianca Sanudo, he was born into a family of average wealth.

He was set to become doge in 1606, but was not helped by the fact that the Memmo were one of the "vecchie" ("old"), Venetian noble families and every doge from 1382 on had been a member of one of the "nuove" ("new") Venetian noble families.

He was thus unable to win support for his election in 1606, and lost out to Leonardo Donato.

Great festivals were organized to celebrate Memmo's victory, and, like previous Doges, he would use the celebrations that attended great holidays as a way to curry favor with the population of Venice.

Little of note happened in Memmo's reign as Doge, except for an incursion of Uskoci pirates in 1613.