Nuvolone Alberici (alternatively ''Nuvelonus'', ''Nubelo'', or ''Nebolonus'') was a diplomat and statesman of the early

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during some of its formative years. He was a brother of Ottobuono Alberici. He was first appointed a ''console dei placiti'' and ''socio'' within a ''società'', a trading society, commercing with

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in 1158. In 1160, he was reelected with his brother and, in 1162, he was elected ''console del Comune'', the highest political post in the republic. On 9 June, he was at the court of the Emperor Frederick I to secure recognition of the Genoese commune. He was reelected consul in 1168 and 1178. In 1164, he went with the ''genero'' (general) Anglerio to

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to establish a ''società'' in

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. In 1168, he travelled to

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to mediate the war between the ''filogenovesi'' and ''filopisani'', the supporters of Genoa and Pisa, respectively. He forced a treaty on the warring '' giudicati'' of

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, and Cagliari and obtained a promise from Barison II of Logudoro to defend the rights of Genoa in Arborea, then under the control of another Barison II, who had defaulted on his tribute to the Genoese in return for the royal coronation they had obtained for him in 1164. In 1169, Nuvolone and Baldizone Usodimare resolved a territorial controversy in

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with ambassadors from Pisa and

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. In 1171, he was at the latter city to negotiate a treaty forming a common army. Around 1170, he received

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ambassadors from

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with three ships. Manuel was seeking to ally with Pisa and Genoa against

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. In 1179, Nuvolone accompanied the

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, to the First Lateran Council in

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. Nuvolone was reelected consul in 1181, 1184, and 1192, the last time despite the arrival of Manegoldo del Tettoccio da Brescia, who had made himself the first ''

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'', in 1190.

Sources

* Caravale, Mario (ed). ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Alberici, Nuvolone Year of birth missing Year of death missing 12th-century Genoese people Medieval Italian diplomats 12th-century diplomats