Rodolfo Emilio Brignole Sale | |
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| 167th Doge of the Republic of Genoa | |
| In office 25 November 1762 –25 November 1764 | |
| Preceded by | Agostino Lomellini |
| Succeeded by | Francesco Maria Della Rovere |
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| Born | 27 June 1708 Genoa,Republic of Genoa |
| Died | 18 April 1774 Genoa,Republic of Genoa |
Rodolfo Emilio Brignole Sale,marquis of Groppoli (Genoa,27 June 1708 - Genoa,18 April 1774),was the 167th Doge of the Republic of Genoa from 25 November 1762 to 25 November 1764.
He is the fourth and last son of Anton II Giulio Brignole Sale and Isabella Brignole,as well as younger brother of Giovanni Francesco II Brignole Sale,doge from 1746 to 1748 . He is the uncle of the Princess of Monaco and then of CondéMaria Caterina Brignole. 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 returned to stay in his palace in the historic center. He served the state again with the position of head of the War Magistrate and head of the State Inquisitors Magistrate. Brignole Sale died in 1774. [1] [2]
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.
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