Simon Boccanegra
See also: Boccanegra
Simon Boccanegra (?? - 1362, dead poisoned), of a famous family but commoner of Genoa, was the first doge de Gênes, elected the September 24th 1339, to replace the captains of the people ( Abbati ). It had to fight the Doria, the Spinola, of the party Gibelin like him, the Grimaldi and the Fieschi, chiefs of the party Guelfe, who constituted the four noble big families of the city. It was besieged by them in Genoa, and was forced to dislocate capacity in 1347; it was withdrawn with Pisa, from where it returned soon to arm its party, and succeeds in 1356 restoring its power.
Towards 1357, it demolished Charles Grimaldi, lord of Monaco and Admiral de France, and, by the death of this last, Boccanegra and Génois recovers Monaco.
He died poisoned in 1362. Under its administration, Gênois made the conquest of the island of Chio, and demolished the Tartar S which had put the seat in front of Caffa.
It is also famous thanks to the opera Simon Boccanegra of Giuseppe Verdi.
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