Manegoldo del Tettuccio was an

Brescian Eastern Lombard is a group of closely related variants of Lombard, a Gallo-Italic dialect spoken in Lombardy, mainly in the provinces of Bergamo, Brescia and Mantua, in the area around Cremona and in parts of Trentino. Its main variants are Be ...

politician, and the first

Podestà Podestà (, English: Potestate, Podesta) was the name given to the holder of the highest civil office in the government of the cities of Central and Northern Italy during the Late Middle Ages. Sometimes, it meant the chief magistrate of a city ...

of the

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 ...

, elected in 1191.

History

The Republic of Genoa, characterized by the intensification of the struggles between the city factions, had induced the Genoese to suspend the magistracy of the

Consuls A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, as well as to facilitate trade and friendship between the people ...

in 1190 and to appoint a podestà. Manegoldo del Tettuccio was known to his contemporaries for his skills and wisdom and for these reasons he was called to

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

in 1191 as the first podestà of the Republic to quell the internal unrest that ravaged its capital. He repressed these bloody diatribes, thus pacifying the Genoese capital for the duration of his mandate. However, the innovation had not achieved the aim of slowing down the city factions'','' indeed at the end of Manegoldo's mandate the struggle was resumed with greater vigor.

References

12th-century rulers in Europe Podestàs of Genoa Politicians from Brescia Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Italy-politician-stub