Francesco Maria Imperiale (
Sampierdarena
Sampierdarena (also San Pier d'Arena; Ligurian: San Pè d'ænn-a) is a major port and industrial area of Genoa, in northwest Italy. With San Teodoro it forms the West Central (Centro Ovest) ''municipio''.
Geography
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, 21 August 1653Sampierdarena, 4 August 1736) was the 141st
Doge of the
Republic of Genoa and
king of Corsica.
Biography
Son of Gian Giacomo Imperiale and Livia Salvago, and member of the noble
Imperiale family
The Imperiali (or Imperiale) family is a princely noble family. It is one of the most important Italian families and was a key protagonist of European history among aristocratic families. Originating from the Republic of Genoa it was previously na ...
, Francesco Maria was born in 1653.
Senator of the Republic in 1697 and member of the Major Council from 1709 to 1711, Francesco Maria Imperiale was elected doge of the Republic of Genoa on 22 September 1711, the ninety-sixth in two-year succession and the one hundred and forty-first in republican history. As doge he was also invested with the related biennial office of king of Corsica. For the dogal appointment he had to renounce the feudal possessions of the "State of Sant'Angelo" - including
Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi,
Nusco, the lands of
Lioni
Lioni is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.
Located in western Irpinia, in the Monti Picentini natural park, the municipality borders with Bagnoli Irpino, Calabritto, Caposele, Morra De Sanctis, Nusco ...
,
Andretta
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and Carbonara, which were administered by his brother Enrico in favor of his son Giulio.
He ended his term on September 22, 1713. He probably still fulfilled other public assignments until his death in the Villa Imperiale Scassi of Sampierdarena on August 4, 1736. He was buried in the basilica of San Siro. He was married to Silvia Centurione Oltremarini.
See also
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Republic of Genoa
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Doge of Genoa
References
18th-century Doges of Genoa
1653 births
1736 deaths
People from Sampierdarena
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