Leonardo Montaldo

{{short description|7th Doge of Genoa from 1383 to 1384}}

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| order = 9th Lifetime Doge of the Republic of Genoa

| term_start1 = 7 April 1383

| term_end1 = 14 June 1384

| predecessor1 = Federico di Pagana

| successor1 = Antoniotto Adorno

| birth_date = 1319

| birth_place = Ceranesi, Republic of Genoa

| death_date = 14 June 1384

| death_place = Genoa, Republic of Genoa

| party = Popolani

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Leonardo Montaldo or di Montaldo (1319 – 14 June 1384{{cite book |last1=Ceschi |first1=Carlo |title=Chiese di Genova |date=1981 |publisher=Stringa |page=249 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qac2AQAAIAAJ&q=Leonardo+Montaldo+%2214+giugno+1384%22 |access-date=16 July 2024 |language=it}}) was a statesman who became the 7th doge of the Republic of Genoa.

Leonardo was born in San Martino di Paravanico, near modern-day Ceranesi in the Polcevera valley. His family was from Gavi.{{cite web |title=MONTALDO, Leonardo |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/leonardo-montaldo_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ |website=Treccani |access-date=16 July 2024 |language=it}} Little is known of his life before the dogate. He was elected by a commission{{cite book |last1=Giudici |first1=Paolo |title=Storia D'Italia Narrata Al Popolo, Dalla Fondazione Di Roma Alla Grande Guerra Nazionale |date=1931 |publisher=Casa editrice G. Nerbini |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6xBULDPRZh4C&q=Leonardo+Montaldo+Antoniotto+Adorno+%22commissione%22 |access-date=16 July 2024 |language=it}} despite the fact that a large share of the population supported Antoniotto Adorno. According to some sources, Montaldo had accepted to rule the Republic only for six months, although his term went past six months.{{cite book |last1=Leo |first1=Heinrich |title=Storia degli stati italiani dalla caduta dell'impero romano fino all'anno1840: 1 |date=1842 |publisher=Società editrice fiorentina |page=591 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nekTW4MZJBsC&dq=Leonardo+Montaldo+Antoniotto+Adorno+%22sei+mesi%22&pg=PA590 |access-date=16 July 2024 |language=it|quote=Passati che furono i sei mesi, pe' quali Leonardo aveva solo voluto accettare il dogato}}

Once in office, like his predecessors, Montaldo tried to reorganize the Republic and in particular the fiscal system. But on 11 June 1384 it became clear that he had contracted the plague during an outbreak in the city and he died in Genoa three days later. Antoniotto Adorno was elected doge the next day.