Giovanni Battista Grimaldi (1673 in Genoa – 1757 in Genoa) was the 162nd
Doge of the
Republic of Genoa.
Biography
On 7 June 1752, the day of the abdication of Doge
Stefano Lomellini
Stefano Lomellini (1683 in Genoa – 1753 in Genoa) was the 161st Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Biography
Lomellini was known as a doge "out of obligation", since he never wanted to be the doge of the Republic.
Just three months after his a ...
, Grimaldi was elected by the Grand Council of the Republic as his successor, the seventeenth in biennial succession and the one hundred and sixty-second in republican history. In the Dogate he had to face two important internal issues, in the island 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 ...
to counter the arrogance of the Marquis of Coursai and in the western Liguria where there were several anti-Genoese protests, with an indirect but "interested" involvement of the nearby
Kingdom of Sardinia. He ceased office on 7 June 1754 and died in Genoa during 1757.
See also
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Republic of Genoa
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Doge of Genoa
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House of Grimaldi
The House of Grimaldi ( , also , , ) is the current reigning house of the Principality of Monaco. The house was founded in 1160 by Grimaldo Canella in Genoa and became the ruling house of Monaco when Francesco Grimaldi captured Monaco in 1297 ...
References
18th-century Doges of Genoa
1673 births
1757 deaths
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