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until April 1383. Once he had returned to Genoa, he quickly started to conspire to oust doge Guarcò. The same year he managed to force his former accomplice out of office but he failed to win the ensuing elections; he was, however, allowed to remain in Genoa and entered the council of the
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Antoniotto was the son of
Adornino Adorno and Nicolosia della Rocca. Like most of the previous doges, Antoniotto was a merchant by trade; he was also reputed to be well-versed in law and literature and he is known to have pleaded in at least one case as an attorney. He began his political career as
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Antoniotto Adorno married twice, with
Luchina Savignone then with Ginevra Doria, and had 15 children. Through his daughter Brigida, he is also the ancestor of the Pisan patrician families Adorni, Adornetto and Adorni Braccesi.
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On 18 March 1397 Antoniotto relinquished his position of governor and went into retirement on the estates of the marquis Del
Carretto in Finale Ligure. There he contracted the plague and died on 5 June 1398.
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Genoese domination, the neighbouring city of Savona gave itself to the
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Genoese political life remained highly volatile. On 3 August 1390 he was forced out of office by the armed partisans of
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rapidly forced him to relinquish his new estate, and on 27 November 1396 Antoniotto abandoned the dogeship to become governor in the name of the king.
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43:6th Lifetime Doge of the Republic of Genoa
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522:"Dizionario biografico degli Italiano"
299:On 15 June 1384, at the death of doge
90:15 June 1384 – 3 August 1390
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55:17 June 1378 – 17 June 1378
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1007:Alessandro Giustiniani Longo
861:Paolo Battista Giudice Calvi
821:Giovanni Battista De Fornari
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1349:Nicolò Cattaneo Della Volta
1102:Giovanni Battista Lomellini
1087:Giovanni Agostino De Marini
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