Nuvolone Alberici was a diplomat

Diplomat

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 and statesman

Statesman

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 of the early Republic of Genoa

Republic of Genoa

The Most Serene Republic of Genoa |Ligurian]]: Repúbrica de Zêna) was an independent state from 1005 to 1797 in Liguria on the northwestern Italian coast, as well as Corsica from 1347 to 1768, and numerous other territories throughout the Mediterranean....

 during some of its formative years. He was a brother of Ottobuono Alberici.

He was first appointed a console dei placiti and socio within a società, a trading society, commercing with Sicily

Sicily

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 in 1158. In 1160, he was reelected with his brother and, in 1162, he was elected console del Comune, the highest political post in the republic. On 9 June, he was at the court of the Emperor Frederick I to secure recognition of the Genoese commune. He was reelected consul in 1168 and 1178.

In 1164, he went with the genero (general) Anglerio to Algeria

Algeria

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 to establish a società in Béjaïa

Béjaïa

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. In 1168, he travelled to Sardinia

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 to mediate the war between the filogenovesi and filopisani, the supporters of Genoa and Pisa

Pisa

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, respectively. He forced a treaty on the warring giudicati

Giudicati

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of Arborea

Arborea

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, Logudoro

Logudoro

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, and Cagliari

Cagliari

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 and obtained a promise from Barison II of Logudoro

Barisone II of Torres

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 to defend the rights of Genoa in Arborea, then under the control of another Barison II

Barisone II of Arborea

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, who had defaulted on his tribute to the Genoese in return for the royal coronation they had obtained for him in 1164.

In 1169, Nuvolone and Baldizone Usodimare resolved a territorial controversy in Versilia

Versilia

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 with ambassadors from Pisa and Lucca

Lucca

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. In 1171, he was at the latter city to negotiate a treaty forming a common army.

Around 1170, he received Byzantine

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 ambassadors from Manuel I

Manuel I Komnenos

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 at Terracina

Terracina

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 with three ships. Manuel was seeking to ally with Pisa and Genoa against Venice

Republic of Venice

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. In 1179, Nuvolone accompanied the archbishop of Genoa, Ugone della Volta

Ugone della Volta

Ugone della Volta was the second Archbishop of Genoa from 1163 to 1188 after Siro de' Porcello. He was a peacemaker in the city of Genoa, mediating between the various factions and families at a time when it was growing into a Mediterranean power....

, to the First Lateran Council in Rome

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. Nuvolone was reelected consul in 1181, 1184, and 1192, the last time despite the arrival of Manegoldo del Tettoccio da Brescia, who had made himself the first podestà

Podestà

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, in 1190.

Sources

• Caravale, Mario (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani.