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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 ]
Map of the Capital District. This is a list of school districts in New York's Capital District.School districts in New York are publicly funded and are the most local government bodies in the state; school district budgets are the only budgets that state citizens have a direct impact on: budget votes take place on the third Tuesday in May annually.
Pages in category "15th-century Doges of Genoa" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
From the 1560s in Genoa the tension between the two main nobility, the "old" and the "new", was growing more and more due also to the new international political scenarios and the death in 1560 of Admiral Andrea Doria, who was never doge, was however always considered as political leader or guide in political, commercial and alliance choices of ...
Pages in category "Doges of Genoa" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The armour of Giano II di Campofregoso, made c. 1510. Giano II di Campofregoso (1455–1529) was the 43rd Doge of Genoa, ruling from 29 June 1512 to 25 May 1513.. The son of Tommasino Fregoso and Caterina Malaspina, he first trained in Corsica, then moved to Rome where he received a cavalry command by Pope Julius II.
The family, extremely wealthy, descendant of the Admiral Lamba Doria, was made up of three male children, among them Nicolò Doria who was doge of Genoa in the biennium 1579-1581, and five sisters. He was the third member of the family to hold the highest dogal position after his older brother and uncle Giovanni Battista Doria in the two years ...
Officially crowned with a solemn ceremony of 16 April 1763 at the Genoa Cathedral, in the mandate of the doge Rodolfo Brignole Sale the first institution of free schools for the poorest children of the city was approved, whose education was entrusted to some priests. After the Doge's two-year period, on 25 November 1764, Rodolfo Brignole Sale ...