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Girolamo De Mari (Genoa, December 1644 - Genoa, May 3, 1702) was the 135th Doge of the
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and king of
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Biography

The sudden death of the doge in office
Francesco Maria Sauli Francesco Maria Sauli (Genoa, 1620 - Genoa, May 26, 1699) was the 134th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica. Biography Grandson of the former doge Lorenzo Sauli, and third degree cousin of Saint Alexander Sauli, Francesco Maria ...
on May 26, 1699, who died about four months before the natural expiry of the mandate, led to an early meeting of the members of the Grand Council (June 3) who majority chose De Mari as his successor: the ninetieth in biennial succession and the one hundred and thirty-fifth in republican history. As doge he was also invested with the related biennial office of king of Corsica. The Republic of Genoa, which declared itself "hardly" neutral even in the subsequent phases that led to the
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, by order of Doge De Mari could not deny the passage of four French battalions in its Genoese territories. After his term of office ended on 3 June 1701, he again held state offices. De Mari died on May 3, 1702, at the age of 58.


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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 Lat ...
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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 ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:De Mari, Girolamo 17th-century Doges of Genoa 1644 births 1702 deaths 18th-century Doges of Genoa