page_title: Giorgio Adorno
section_title: The Mandate
hierarchical_section_title: Giorgio Adorno / The Mandate
context_page_description: Giorgio Adorno was a statesman who became doge of the Republic of Genoa for two years. His father was Adornino Adorno and his mother Nicolosia della Rocca and his brother, Antoniotto, was elected four times as doge of the Republic. He was born c. 1350 but little is known about his youth except that he married Pietrina Montaldo, daughter of the doge Leonardo Montaldo. With her he had nine children including the future doge Raffaele Adorno.
context_section_description: In 1396, the Republic of Genoa had joined the French kingdom but regained its independence on March 21, 1413. The short-lived Government of the eight rectors rapidly gave way and Giorgio was elected doge less than a week later. On the diplomatic scene, Giorgio managed to regain some of the territories that had been given away by the French governor during the occupation. In particular, the Republic bought back numerous castles and villages from the Marquesse of Monferat, and the Republic of Florence and regained control of the lower Piedmont and the Riviera.
  An important step in the effort to stabilize the Republic was the promulgation of the new constitution. The main points of the new regime were the greater influence granted to the doge in the system, and the official allegiance to the Ghibelline fraction. In case of vacancy of the dogeship, the sovereignty of the Republic was to pass to the council of the Twelve Ancients.
caption: Genovino minted during the mandate of Giorgio Adorno.
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