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Leonardo Loredan (1436–1521) was the 75th
doge of the
Republic of Venice from 1501 until his death. Loredan's reign began during the disastrous
second Ottoman–Venetian War, which he settled with a peace treaty in 1503 at the cost of considerable loss of territory. Later that year a dispute arose between Loredan and Pope
Julius II, after Venice occupied territory in the northern
Papal States. This escalated into the 1509
War of the League of Cambrai in which Venice was fighting an alliance of the Pope and
France. Venice was defeated, but in 1513 Loredan formed a new alliance with the French King
Louis XII against Pope Julius. This resulted in a decisive victory.