Order: | 171st Doge of the Republic of Genoa |
Term Start1: | April 16, 1771 |
Term End1: | December 23, 1772 |
Predecessor1: | Giovanni Battista Negrone |
Successor1: | Ferdinando Spinola |
Birth Date: | July 19, 1711 |
Birth Place: | Genoa, Republic of Genoa |
Death Date: | December 23, 1772 |
Death Place: | Genoa, Republic of Genoa |
Giovanni Battista Cambiaso (Genoa, July 19, 1711 - Genoa, December 23, 1772) was the 171st Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
On 16 April 1771 Cambiaso was elected doge with 276 votes out of 366 and on 8 February 1772 the sumptuous coronation ceremony took place, on this occasion the Arcadians wanted to celebrate it with a poetic Serto including various sonnets and songs. Cambiaso, still in office, died suddenly from unknown reasons on December 23, 1772, at 61 years old.[1]