Battista Spinola | |
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| 47th Doge of the Republic of Genoa | |
| In office 4 January 1531 –4 January 1533 | |
| Preceded by | Oberto Cattaneo Lazzari |
| Succeeded by | Battista Lomellini |
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| Born | 1472 Genoa,Republic of Genoa |
| Died | 1539 Genoa,Republic of Genoa |
Battista Spinola was the 47th Doge of Genoa. He was elected on 4 January 1531 and held office for two years. Battista was the father of Luca Spinola who was the 57th Doge of Genoa.
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The Doge of Genoa 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. The Republic was ruled by a small group of merchant families, from whom the doges were selected.
Spinola is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
The House of Spinola, or Spinola family, was a leading Italian political family centered in the Republic of Genoa. Their influence was at its greatest extent in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
Giorgio Adorno was a statesman who became doge of the Republic of Genoa for two years. His father was Adornino Adorno and his mother Nicolosia della Rocca and his brother, Antoniotto, was elected four times as doge of the Republic. He was born c. 1350 but little is known about his youth except that he married Pietrina Montaldo, daughter of the doge Leonardo Montaldo. With her he had nine children, including the future doge Raffaele Adorno.
Giovanni Carlo Doria (1576–1625) was a Genoese art collector and mecenas. A son of Agostino Doria, doge of Genoa in 1601-1603, he was a prominent member of one of the richest and most influential families of the Republic of Genoa; his brother Giovanni Stefano Doria (1578-1641) became the 101st doge of Genoa (1633-1635) and was considered the richest man in Italy in his day. Giovanni Carlo was married to Veronica Spinola, daughter of Ambrogio Spinola. He was given the Order of Santiago by Philip III of Spain.
The Fregoso or Campofregoso were a noble family of the Republic of Genoa and Liguria in general, divided into numerous branches, whose members distinguished themselves on numerous historical occasions; many of them held the position of Doge of Genoa, some were also lords of Sarzana; others finally held various fiefdoms, lands and titles along the arc of the Ligurian Apennines, such as the county of Sant'Agata Feltria which was owned by Agostino Fregoso. The Fregoso family monopolized the Dogate's lifetime office, becoming the dynasty who produced the highest number of doges in the history of the Republic.
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Agostino Spinola (1624–1692) was the 125th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Luca Spinola was the 129th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Oberto Cattaneo Lazzari was the 46th Doge of the Republic of Genoa, the first with a two-year mandate.
Giovanni Francesco Brignole was the 102nd Doge of the Republic of Genoa and the first king of Corsica.
Luca Spinola was the 57th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Andrea Spinola was the 99th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Domenico Maria Spinola was the 151st Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Ferdinando Spinola was Marquis of Arquata Scrivia and the 172nd Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Tomaso Spinola was the 90th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Agostino Pinelli Ardimenti was the 59th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Pier Francesco Grimaldi was the 173rd Doge of the Republic of Genoa.
Nicolò Spinola was the 155th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
