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Raffaele Agostino De Ferrari

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Raffaele Agostino De Ferrari
180th Doge of the Republic of Genoa
In office
4 July 1787 – 4 July 1789
Preceded byGian Carlo Pallavicino
Succeeded byAlerame Maria Pallavicini
Personal details
Born20 July 1732
Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Died17 January 1801 (1801-01-18) (aged 68)
Genoa, Ligurian Republic

Raffaele Agostino De Ferrari (Genoa, 20 July 1732 - Genoa, 17 January 1801) was the 180th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.

Biography

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On 4 July 1787, the Grand Council elected him to lead the Genoese state, the one hundred and thirty-fifth in two-year succession and the one hundred and eighty in republican history. During his mandate there was the fortunate capture, on 11 August 1788, in the waters in front of the town of Bordighera, of an Algerian Xebec, of the 117 Turkish sailors taken prisoner by the Genoese galleys San Giorgio and Raggio, 50 were killed. The dogal two-year period ended on 4 July 1789.

Personal life

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He was married to Settimia Spinola. His nephew Raffaele de Ferrari was the husband of the Marquise Maria Brignole Sale De Ferrari. Raffaele Agostino De Ferrari died in Genoa in 1801.[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. ^ "DE FERRARI, Raffaele in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-29.