Domenico Maria De Mari (Genoa, 1653 - Genoa, 1726) was the 139th
Doge of the
Republic of Genoa and king of
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 ...
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Biography
Son of
Stefano De Mari, and Livia Maria Lercari, he was born in Genoa in 1653. On 9 September 1707 Domenico Maria De Mari was elected by the members of the Grand Council the new Doge of the Republic of Genoa with 374 votes out of 596, the ninety-fourth in biennial succession and the one hundred and thirty-ninth in republican history. On November 12th he was solemnly crowned in the
Genoa Cathedral in the presence of the Bishop of
Savona
Savona (; lij, Sann-a ) is a seaport and ''comune'' in the west part of the northern Italy, Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea.
Savona used to be one of the chie ...
Vincenzo Maria Durazzo. As doge he was also invested with the related biennial office of king of Corsica. Domenico Maria De Mari died in 1726.
See also
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Republic of Genoa
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Doge of Genoa
References
18th-century Doges of Genoa
1653 births
1726 deaths
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