Pietro De Franchi Sacco (Genoa, 1545 - Genoa, April 5, 1611) was the 84th
Doge
A doge ( , ; plural dogi or doges) was an elected lord and head of state in several Italian city-states, notably Venice and Genoa, during the medieval and renaissance periods. Such states are referred to as " crowned republics".
Etymology
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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 La ...
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Biography
The name of Pietro De Franchi Sacco was chosen on 26 February 1603 for the leadership of the Republic, the thirty-ninth in two-year succession and the eighty-fourth in republican history. His Dogate was evaluated by the Genoese chronicles as quiet and "normal administration". However, there were significant episodes such as a sudden night terrestrial attack by some soldiers of the
Duchy of Savoy, which was promptly repressed by Genoese troops or the sending of four galleys, in 1604, to the rescue of Onorato Grimaldi in
Monaco
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to defend an offensive launched by
Carlo Emanuele I of Savoy; therefore, there were inevitably open conflicts between the Genoese republic and the Duchy of Savoy.
In this two-year period the Genoese capital saw the birth of numerous public works: a new tower at the dock, the construction of a hospice for Corsican soldiers, the renovation in 1603 of the great hall of the
Doge's Palace, the authorization of the route of the New Road from the door of San Tommaso to the Piazza dell'Annunziata. In the religious field he approved the foundation of a new female order (the Order of the Turchine) and donated on behalf of the Republic a new organ for the
Cathedral of San Lorenzo. After the mandate ended, on February 27, 1605, he was appointed perpetual prosecutor. The former doge died in Genoa on April 5, 1611.
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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 La ...
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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 ...
References
17th-century Doges of Genoa
1545 births
1611 deaths
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