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The Doge of Genoa (/ d oʊ dʒ / DOHJ) [a] was the head of state of the Republic of Genoa, a city-state and soon afterwards a maritime republic, from 1339 until the state's extinction in 1797. Originally elected for life, after 1528 the Doges were elected for terms of two years. [ 1 ]
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The following is a list of all 120 of the Doges of Venice ordered by the dates of their reigns. For more than 1,000 years, the chief magistrate and leader of the city of Venice and later of the Most Serene Republic of Venice was styled the Doge , a rare but not unique Italian title derived from the Latin Dux .
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 27 February 1605, he was appointed perpetual prosecutor. The former doge died in Genoa on 5 April 1611. [2]
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At the end of the Doge's two-year period, on 26 June 1631, he was therefore elected from among the perpetual prosecutors, taking up various positions for the Genoese state until his death. He died in Genoa in 1641 and his body was buried inside the chapel of the Nativity of the church of San Francesco di Castelletto.