Manegoldo del Tettuccio
1st Podestà of the Republic of Genoa
In office
1191–1191
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byOberto di Olivano
Personal details
BornBrescia

Manegoldo del Tettuccio was an Brescian politician, and the first Podestà of the Republic of Genoa, elected in 1191.

History

The Republic of Genoa, characterized by the intensification of the struggles between the city factions, had induced the Genoese to suspend the magistracy of the Consuls in 1190 and to appoint a podestà.[1]

Manegoldo del Tettuccio was known to his contemporaries for his skills and wisdom and for these reasons he was called to Genoa in 1191 as the first podestà of the Republic to quell the internal unrest that ravaged its capital.[2] He repressed these bloody diatribes, thus pacifying the Genoese capital for the duration of his mandate.[3]

However, the innovation had not achieved the aim of slowing down the city factions, indeed at the end of Manegoldo's mandate the struggle was resumed with greater vigor.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Balbi, Giovanna (1968). "BISACCIA, Rubaldo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 10: Biagio–Boccaccio (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
  2. ^ Donaver, Federico (2001). Storia di Genova. Nuova Editrice Genovese. p. 31.
  3. ^ Bastide, Jean-François (1794). Storia generale, e ragionata della Repubblica di Genova dalla sua origine fino noi. Giovanni Franchelli. p. 50.


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