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Giovanni Battista Lercari (1507–1592)

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Giovanni Battista Lercari
64th Doge of the Republic of Genoa
In office
7 October 1563 – 7 October 1565
Preceded byGiovanni Battista Cicala Zoagli
Succeeded byOttavio Gentile Oderico
Personal details
Born1507
Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Died1592
Genoa, Republic of Genoa

Giovanni Battista Lercari (Genoa, 1507 – Genoa, 1592) was the 64th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.

Biography

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Giovanni Battista Lercari was elected on 7 October 1563 the new doge of the Republic of Genoa, the nineteenth since the biennial reform and the sixty-fourth in republican history. His Dogate was dominated by a new internal contrast between the "old" and "new" nobility that fractured after the clashes that took place in Corsica, after the death of the admiral Andrea Doria and above all from the new international scenarios. Giovanni Battista Lercari died in 1592 in the Genoese capital leaving as his only heir his daughter Pellina.[1][2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Buonadonna, Sergio. Rosso doge. I dogi della Repubblica di Genova dal 1339 al 1797 (in Italian). De Ferrari.
  2. ^ Cappellini, Antonio. Dizionario biografico dei genovesi illustri e notabili (in Italian). Forni. p. 82.