Matteo Senarega

Doge of the Republic of Genoa

Matteo Senarega


80th Doge of the Republic of Genoa
In office December 5, 1595 – December 4, 1597
Preceded by	Antonio Grimaldi Cebà
Succeeded by	Lazzaro Grimaldi Cebà

Personal details
Born	1534 Genoa, Republic of Genoa
Died	1606 Genoa, Republic of Genoa

Matteo Senarega (1534 – 21 December 1606 in Genoa) was the 80th Doge of the Republic of Genoa.

Biography

Senarega was elected to the dogal title on December 5, 1595, the thirty-fifth in biennial succession and the eightieth in republican history. During his mandate, the expulsion of Jews from the Genoese republic and his personal fight against the corruption of Criminal judgments in administering justice are remembered. He held the office until December 4, 1597. At the end of the dogate he was appointed perpetual procurator, a post due to all the former-doges, and he still had important government and representation duties.^[1]

An ancestor of his family, Bartolomeo Senarega (died 1514), was a Genovese diplomat who wrote a chronicle of the history of Genoa 1433-1514.^[2]

References

^ "SENAREGA, Matteo in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-07-26.
^ Dizionario biografico universale, Volume 5, by Felice Scifoni, Publisher Davide Passagli, Florence (1849); page 24.