Giovanni Francesco II Brignole Sale (Genoa, 6 July 1695 - Genoa, 14 February 1760), was the 158th Doge of the

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and the last king of

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Gian Francesco was the eldest son of Anton Giulio II Brignole Sale, 5th

Marquess of Groppoli The Marquessate of Groppoli, in Tuscany and Liguria, was ruled by the House of Brignole-Sale, an illustrious patrician family of Genoa who were its sovereigns from 1592 to 1774. It was originally an imperial fief, part of the former land ...

, and Isabella Brignole. He belonged to the illustrious Brignole family who had already offered a doge to Genoa, his namesake

Giovanni Francesco I Brignole Sale Giovanni Francesco Brignole (Genoa, 1582 - Genoa, 1637) was the 102nd Doge of the Republic of Genoa and the first king of Corsica. Biography During his dogal two-year period he preferred to start a situation of impartiality and economic neutra ...

, in 1635. Brignole Sale had three brothers, Gian Giacomo,

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and Rodolfo Emilio, the last of whom also served as doge. He completed his education at the Collegio Tolomei, in

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. Brignole Sale was elected Doge in 1746, during his mandate the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle brought the borders of the Republic back to the ''status quo'' and the

Marquisate of Finale The Marquisate of Finale was an Italian state in what is now Liguria, part of the former medieval Aleramici March. It was ruled for some six centuries by the Aleramici branch known as marquesses del Vasto (when they also held the March of Savon ...

recovered. In his two years as doge Brignole Sale protected the state from nothing less than a European war, a military invasion, a maritime blockade and a popular revolt, deserving the praises that were then recognized. At the end of the two-year period of his Dogate, Brignole was appointed "perpetual procurator" and "superintendent of the strongholds" and, when he did not participate in the government of the State, he took care of administering his lands in Groppoli, challenging the

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that had officially divested it. Brignole Sale died on February 14, 1760, in

Palazzo Rosso The Palazzo Brignole Sale or Palazzo Rosso is a house museum located in Via Garibaldi, in the historical center of Genoa, in Northwestern Italy. The palace is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Pa ...

, Genoa.

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