Elisabetta Grimani

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Elisabetta Grimani (* 1731 ; † August 31, 1792 in Treviso ) was the wife of Doge Ludovico Manin and was the last woman to be the Dogaressa of Venice .

Life

Elisabetta Grimani was born as the daughter of Giannantonio Grimani (from the line, the Servi branch) from the patrician family Grimani . Elisabetta Grimani married on September 14 or 23, 1748 in the church of Santa Maria della Salute Ludovico Manin, who became Doge of Venice in 1789. The marriage remained childless.

According to contemporary reports, she died in Treviso in 1792 of a nervous disease that impaired her mental health. She was the last person to receive a Venetian state funeral. She was buried in the church of Santa Maria di Nazareth , where her husband was also buried in 1802.

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  • State Archives Udine, busta 335 with the memorie della dogaressa Elisabetta Grimani

Remarks

  1. ↑ Dorit Raines: Elisabetta Grimani Manin (1731-1792). L'ultima dogaressa tra rappresentanza, noia e divertimento . In: Alessandra Schiavon: I meriti delle donne. Profili di arte e storia al femminile dai documenti dell'Archivio di Stato di Venezia (secoli XV-XVIII) . Trieste 2014. pp. 130–132.
  2. ^ Edgcumbe Staley: The dogaressas of Venice: The wives of the doges . London o. JS 312.
  3. ^ Pompeo Gherardo Molmenti : La dogaressa di Venezia . Turin 1884 p. 391.
  4. ^ V (Ed.): Atti e memorie della R. Accademia di scienze, lettere ed arti in Padova . 1888, p. 167.
  5. ^ Edgcumbe Staley: The dogaressas of Venice: The wives of the doges . London o. JS 313.
personal data
SURNAME Grimani, Elisabetta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dogaressa of Venice
DATE OF BIRTH 1731
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1792
Place of death Treviso