With the old patriciate excluded from power, a new class of mercantile houses arose: Adorno, Guarco, Fregoso, and Montaldo.
Giuliano Montaldo | Montaldo | Leonardo Montaldo | Antoniotto di Montaldo |
Himself remained in office only two weeks until the exiled Montaldo family returned and Antoniotto di Montaldo was elected as the new doge.
Leonardo Montaldo or di Montaldo (1319 – 14 June 1384), politician and statesman who became the 7th doge of the Republic of Genoa.