Lorenzo De Mari
Lorenzo De Mari | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 157th Doge of the Republic of Genoa | |
| In office 1 February 1744 – 1 February 1746 | |
| Preceded by | Domenico Canevaro |
| Succeeded by | Giovanni Francesco II Brignole Sale |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1685 Genoa, Republic of Genoa |
| Died | 16 April 1772 Genoa, Republic of Genoa |
Lorenzo De Mari (Genoa, 1685 - Genoa, 16 April 1772) was the 157th Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica.
Biography
[edit]Grandson of the Doge Stefano De Mari, and member of the noble De Mari family, he was born in Genoa during the year of 1685. Lorenzo De Mari was officially crowned Doge of the Republic on 18 July in the Cathedral of Genoa, the religious and civil ceremony was officiated by Gerolamo Della Torre, his personal friend and celebrant by express will of the neo doge. When the dogal office ceased on 1 February 1746, the "deeply religious" De Mari was identified by the government as the implementer of a special and extraordinary 25% taxation plan on the Church's assets to compensate for war expenses and possibly "vigorously in perpetuity ". And it was also the former doge who promoted in the ecclesiastical circles donations and voluntary contributions of religious orders to the war cause of the Republic. De Mari died in Genoa on 16 February 1772.[1][2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Buonadonna, Sergio. Rosso doge. I dogi della Repubblica di Genova dal 1339 al 1797 (in Italian). De Ferrari.
- ^ "DE MARI". Enciclopedia Italiana (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-29.
- ^ Ciappina, Maristella Cavanna (1990). "DE MARI, Lorenzo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 38: Della Volpe–Denza (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
Page about Doge of Genoa, with one reference
[edit]| International | |
|---|---|
| People | |
| Other | |
