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Gerolamo De Franchi Toso (1585–1668)
Gerolamo De Franchi Toso (Genoa, 6 January 1585 - Genoa, 1668) was the 111th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica. Biography Gerolamo De Franchi Toso was born in the Genoese capital on 6 January 1585. He is the son of Federico De Franchi Toso, doge of Genoa in the two years 1623–1625, and Maddalena Durazzo. In addition to his father, his younger brother Giacomo De Franchi Toso, with whom he had a strong political rivalry, his paternal grandfather Gerolamo De Franchi Toso and his maternal grandfather Giacomo Grimaldi Durazzo, were all Doges of the Republic of Genoa. On 8 September 1652 he managed to obtain the majority of the votes of the Grand Council for the election as doge, the sixty-sixth in biennial succession and the one hundred and eleventh in republican history. As doge he was also invested with the related biennial office of king of Corsica. Unlike the "softer" and "faithful respectful of the republican laws" of his brother Giacomo, the Dogate of Gero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doge Of Genoa
The Doge of Genoa ( lij, Dûxe, ; la, Januensium dux et populi defensor, "Commander of the Genoese and Defender of the People") was the ruler of the Republic of Genoa, a city-state and soon afterwards a maritime republic, from 1339 until the state's extinction in 1797. Originally elected for life, after 1528 the Doges were elected for terms of two years. The Republic (or Dogate) was ruled by a small group of merchant families, from whom the doges were selected. History The first Doge of Genoa, Simone Boccanegra ( Ligurian: ''Scimón Boccanéigra''), whose name is kept alive by Verdi's opera, was appointed by public acclaim in 1339. Initially the Doge of Genoa was elected without restriction and by popular suffrage, holding office for life in the so-called "perpetual dogate"; but after the reform effected by Andrea Doria in 1528 the term of his office was reduced to two years. At the same time plebeians were declared ineligible, and the appointment of the doge was entrust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agostino Centurione
Agostino Centurione (Genoa, 25 November 1584 - Genoa, 7 December 1657) was the 110th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica. Biography His dogal mandate is remembered in the annals for the strong work of opposition and crushing of the ever more numerous gangs of brigands led, among others, also by exited Genoese patricians. Among the public works there is the large wall of the moat of San Tommaso useful for supplying water to the Lagaccio powder factory. After the end of the Dogate on 23 August 1652, he was appointed perpetual procurator, later dean of the Inquisitors of State and, in January 1653, dean of the war magistrate until 1654. In that year he resigned from office to definitively leave public life for religious life, a choice that his father had already taken as an elder entering the Barnabites order. After initial attempts to dissuade him from the action by his sister Vittoria, Agostino Centurione entered the Society of Jesus, carrying out his novitiate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Spinola
Alessandro Spinola (Genoa, 1589 - Genoa, 1665) was the 112th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica. Biography Born in Genoa in 1589 and member of the Spinola family, the figure of Alessandro Spinola was chosen at the age of 23 to pay homage from the Republic of Genoa to the ambassador of the Spanish court and also to assist him in his Genoese stay. Around 1614 he assumed his first state office as protector of poor prisoners and, subsequently, in the magistrate of the Extraordinary. Before the office of senator of the Republic, he held other state offices as protector of the sea, captain of Rapallo and to the magistrate of Moneta or, again, in Bank of Saint George. Dogate He was elected doge on 9 October 1654: the sixty-seventh in biennial succession and the one hundred and twelfth in republican history. As doge he was also invested with the related biennial office of king of Corsica. Among the events of his dogato is recorded in the annals the fight against pir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of Genoa, had 855,834 resident persons. Over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. On the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean: it is currently the busiest in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union. Genoa was the capital of Republic of Genoa, one of the most powerful maritime republics for over seven centuries, from the 11th century to 1797. Particularly from the 12th century to the 15th century, the city played a leading role in the commercial trade in Europe, becoming one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republic Of Genoa
The Republic of Genoa ( lij, Repúbrica de Zêna ; it, Repubblica di Genova; la, Res Publica Ianuensis) was a medieval and early modern maritime republic from the 11th century to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast. During the Late Middle Ages, it was a major commercial power in both the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Between the 16th and 17th centuries it was one of the major financial centers in Europe. Throughout its history, the Genoese Republic established numerous colonies throughout the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, including Corsica from 1347 to 1768, Monaco, Southern Crimea from 1266 to 1475 and the islands of Lesbos and Chios from the 14th century to 1462 and 1566 respectively. With the arrival of the early modern period, the Republic had lost many of its colonies, and had to shift its interests and focus on banking. This decision would prove successful for Genoa, which remained as one of the hubs of capitalism, with highly developed banks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland, west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north of the Italian island of Sardinia, which is the land mass nearest to it. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island. , it had a population of 349,465. The island is a territorial collectivity of France. The regional capital is Ajaccio. Although the region is divided into two administrative departments, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, their respective regional and departmental territorial collectivities were merged on 1 January 2018 to form the single territorial collectivity of Corsica. As such, Corsica enjoys a greater degree of autonomy than other French regional collectivities; for example, the Corsican Assembly is permitted to exercise limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico De Franchi Toso (1560-1630)
Federico De Franchi Toso (Genoa, 1642Genoa, 1734) was the 136th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica. Biography Son of Cesare Franchi de Candia and grandson of the homonymous Federico De Franchi Toso, nephew of Gerolamo and Giacomo, Federico was born in Genoa around 1642. On 7 June 1701 the Grand Council appointed him new doge of Genoa, the ninety-first in two-year succession and the one hundred and thirty-sixth in republican history. As doge he was also invested with the related biennial office of king of Corsica. There are no known details or main facts of his two-year mandate which ended, as by natural expiry, on 7 June 1703. Federico De Franchi served the Genoese state in the role of head of the magistrates of the Inquisitors and of the War and protector of the Collegio del Bene. De Franchi Toso died in 1734. See also * Republic of Genoa * Doge of Genoa The Doge of Genoa ( lij, Dûxe, ; la, Januensium dux et populi defensor, "Commander of the Genoe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo De Franchi Toso
Giacomo De Franchi Toso (1590 in Genoa – 1657 in Genoa) was the 109th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica. Biography Son of Federico De Franchi Toso, doge in the two-year period 1623–1625, and Maddalena Durazzo, he was born in Genoa around 1590. His dogal mandate, the sixty-fourth in biennial succession and the one hundred and nineteenth in republican history, was among the public events characterized by the attempted conspiracy of the noble Stefano Raggio against various exponents of the Genoese nobility and, among these, also the doge Giacomo De Franchi Toso. In the religious field the Doge Giacomo De Franchi Toso tried to assert his institutional role, and therefore of the sovereignty of the republic, repeatedly denouncing with abuse the official abuse of civil jurisdiction committed by the Genoese clergy, and in particular of Cardinal Stefano Durazzo which the Holy See removed from Genoa for a certain period. When the Dogate ceased on 1 August 1650 and ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gerolamo De Franchi Toso (1522-1586)
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Gerolamo De Franchi Toso may refer to: * Gerolamo De Franchi Toso (1522–1586), Doge of Genoa * Gerolamo De Franchi Toso (1585–1668), Doge of Genoa The Doge of Genoa ( lij, Dûxe, ; la, Januensium dux et populi defensor, "Commander of the Genoese and Defender of the People") was the ruler of the Republic of Genoa, a city-state and soon afterwards a maritime republic, from 1339 until the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Grimaldi Durazzo
Giacomo Grimaldi Durazzo (Genoa, 1503 - Genoa, 1579) was the 69th Doge of the Republic of Genoa. Biography Giacomo Grimaldi Durazzo was a member of one of the most important noble families of the Republic of Genoa, the Durazzo family, that had its origins in Albania and who arrived in Genoa around the fourteenth century, active in the commercial silk sector and fabrics. His father Giovanni was also a person who held various public offices for the republic, fueling the "weight" and prestige of the Durazzo family who, enrolled in the Alberghi of the Genoese nobility since 1528, and was affiliated to the Grimaldi family. Grimaldi Durazzo's appointment as doge took place in a very tumultuous political and social climate. From the sixties of the sixteenth century in Genoa the tension between the two main nobility, the "old" and the "new", was growing more and more due also to the new international political scenarios and the death in 1560 of Admiral Andrea Doria, who was never ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durazzo Family
The Durazzo Family is a noble Italian family of Albanian origin who came from the city of Durrës in Albania. The Durazzo family assisted the Republic of Genoa on the development of many cities. Durazzo Family gave nine "Doge" to the city of Genoa. Still existing, the representatives of this family live in Genoa, the Principality of Monaco and Rome. Members * Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi (1760-1830), botanist * Giacomo Durazzo (1717-1794), diplomat and man of theatre * Giacomo Filippo Durazzo (1719-1812), naturalist and bibliophile * :it:Girolamo Luigi Durazzo (1739-1809), politic * Stefano Durazzo (1594-1667), cardinal and Archbishop of Genoa * Giovanni Battista Durazzo (1565-1642), 104th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and King of Corsica Palaces * Villa Di Negro Rosazza dello Scoglietto Sources *''Enciclopedia Italiana The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' (Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Doges Of Genoa
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 ( MDCI), to December 31, 1700 ( MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded royal court could be more easil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
