Agostino Doria ( Italian. Agostino Doria ; Genoa , 1540 - Genoa , 1607 ) - Doge of the Republic of Genoa .
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Predecessor | Lorenzo Sauli | ||||||
Successor | Pietro De Franchi | ||||||
Birth | 1540 Genoa | ||||||
Death | December 1, 1607 Genoa | ||||||
Rod | Doria | ||||||
Father | Giacomo Doria | ||||||
Mother | Bettina de franchi | ||||||
Spouse | Eliana Spinola | ||||||
Children | 6 children | ||||||
Biography
The son of Giacomo Doria and Bettina de Franchi, was born in Genoa around 1540 . Agostino had two older brothers, including Niccolo Doria (Doge of Genoa in 1579-1581), and five sisters. He became the third representative of his kind in the post of the Doge, after Niccolo and Uncle Giovanni Battista Doria in the years 1537-1539.
Agostino entered the political scene during the civil war of 1575, which divided the nobility of the capital into factions of the “new” and “old” nobility. In 1576, Agostino joined the 400 members of the Grand Council and 1000 members of the Small Council of the Republic. With a capital of 73,750 kroons, he was at that time the third most wealthy person in the state, following his brother Niccolò (162,500 kroons) and Giovanni Andrea Doria (200,000 kroons).
In 1578, Agostino became one of the "fathers of the city", three years later he was elected to the magistrate of abundance. In 1582 he was appointed Senator of the Republic and took over control of some public works, in particular, the construction of the new church of San Pietro in Banks and the subsequent building of the square nearby and the streets of Szillya. In subsequent years, he held positions in the magistrates of emergency situations and foreign currency.
For the first time his candidacy for the elections of Doge Agostino advanced in 1597 , with the support of Giovanni Andrea Doria, but Lazaro Cheba Grimaldi won the election, with the support of Marquis Ambrosio Spinola.
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Despite the differences between the factions of the "old" and "new" nobility, on February 24, 1601, Agostino nevertheless received 245 votes in his favor and was elected to the doge, 83rd in republican history.
His reign was marked by internal strife between aristocrats over the further foreign policy of Genoa after the death of Philip II , as well as the growth of conflicts between the nobility and the people. The manifestation of such conflicts was the murder of former Doge Lorenzo Sauli, the son of wool comber Genesio Gropallo. Gropallo, along with his cousin Girolamo Rosso, who was recognized as an accomplice, was beheaded by the order of the Doge, and Dr. Giovanni Giorgio Levratto, who was accused of pro-French conspiracy in the absence of substantial evidence against him, was executed in an atmosphere of hunting for conspirators.
In order to counter the growth of tension in the city, banditry and crime in general, in 1601 the Doge established captaincy in the districts of the city, and in 1602 a new commission (under its own chairmanship) to study the most effective means of fighting the underworld. Doria also proposed the construction of new defensive fortifications and the construction of a new harbor for merchant ships.
Upon the expiration of the term of office on February 25, 1603, Doria was appointed as a life prosecutor. He died in Genoa on December 1 of the same year and was buried in the local church of San Matteo. From a marriage with Eliana Spinola, he had six children.
Bibliography
- Sergio Buonadonna, Mario Mercenaro, Rosso doge. I dogi della Repubblica di Genova dal 1339 al 1797, Genova, De Ferrari Editori, 2007.