Giovanni Francesco Brignole (Genoa, 1582 - Genoa, 1637) was the 102nd

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of the

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and the first king of

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During his dogal two-year period he preferred to start a situation of impartiality and economic neutrality and, consequently, also political both with the

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and with the

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. In his mandate, moreover, he started negotiations and purchases for some fiefs of the Genoese and the Ligurian region originally in the hands of the

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and

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dynasties. One of the main reasons why Gian Francesco Brignole Sale is remembered is that during his mandate he not only managed to guarantee Genoese independence in the face of the great European powers, but above all he managed to considerably transform the genoese institution, managing to make them recognize real royal attributions. With Corsica the pretext was found, the doge became king of Corsica. The official investiture of the Virgin Mary dates back almost to the end of its managementas "Queen and protector of Genoa", followed by a solemn religious and state ceremony for the coronation of the new statue depicting the ''Madonna'' which was positioned inside the

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and adorned with the royal crown, the scepter and the keys of the city. It was Doge Brignole Sale himself who handed over to the Genoese archbishop

Giovanni Domenico Spinola Giandomenico Spinola (1580 – 11 August 1646) (also Giovanni Domenico Spinola) Early life Spinola was born in 1580 in Genoa. Though few records exist detailing his family background or education, he is listed as ''Questore'' ( commissioner) of ...

such "state" effigies for the Virgin amid the ringing of festive bells and cannon shots. Another consequence of the changes in the statute was the transformation of the rank of the Genoese patricians. Given that every patrician could have been elected doge, therefore every patrician was a potential successor of a king, the Genoese patricians rose to the same rank as a prince of the blood or crown prince of the other European crowns. The dogate ceased on 11 July, the former doge Giovanni Francesco Brignole Sale died in Genoa in 1637. His body was buried inside the church of Santa Maria di Castello.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brignole Sale, Giovanni Francesco 1582 births 1637 deaths 17th-century Doges of Genoa

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