Giovanni Battista Grimaldi Explained

Order:162nd Doge of the Republic of Genoa
Term Start1:7 June 1752
Term End1:7 June 1754
Predecessor1:Stefano Lomellini
Successor1:Gian Giacomo Veneroso
Birth Date:1673
Birth Place:Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Death Date:1757
Death Place:Genoa, Republic of Genoa

Giovanni Battista Grimaldi (1673 in Genoa – 1757 in Genoa) was the 162nd Doge of the Republic of Genoa.

Biography

On 7 June 1752, the day of the abdication of Doge Stefano Lomellini, Grimaldi was elected by the Grand Council of the Republic as his successor, the seventeenth in biennial succession and the one hundred and sixty-second in republican history. In the Dogate he had to face two important internal issues, in the island of Corsica to counter the arrogance of the Marquis of Coursai and in the western Liguria where there were several anti-Genoese protests, with an indirect but "interested" involvement of the nearby Kingdom of Sardinia. He ceased office on 7 June 1754 and died in Genoa during 1757.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Buonadonna, Sergio. Rosso doge. I dogi della Repubblica di Genova dal 1339 al 1797. De Ferrari. it.