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{{Short description|Last Dogaressa of Venice}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Elisabetta Grimani
| title        = [[Dogaressa]]
| reign        = 1789 — August 31, 1792
| predecessor  = [[Margherita Dalmet]]
| successor    = office abolished
| death_date   = August 31, 1792
| death_place  = [[Treviso]]
| spouse       = [[Lodovico Manin]]
| father       = Antonio Grimani
}}
'''Elisabetta Grimani''' (died August 31, 1792) was the last [[Dogaressa]] of [[Venetian Republic|Venice]] by marriage to the [[doge of Venice|Doge]] [[Ludovico Manin]] ({{abbr|r.|reigned}} 1789–1797).
==Biography==
Elisabetta Grimani was the daughter of Antonio Grimani. She married Ludovico Manin on 14 September 1748.<ref>Staley, Edgcumbe: ''[https://archive.org/stream/dogaressasofveni00stal#page/310/mode/2up  The dogaressas of Venice : The wives of the doges]'' London : T. W. Laurie</ref> A contemporary description of her during the election of her spouse to [[Doge of Venice]] in 1789 related, "The triumph of the Doge must be somewhat dampened by his wife, who, by some womanish singularity, is not pleased at becoming Dogaressa. She would not appear at any of the feasts, but has hidden herself, according to some, at [[Murano]], others say she has taken refuge in her steward's house!" Grimani was described as modest and simple.
Grimani suffered from a long lasting terminal illness, resulting in large amounts of anxiety, but is said to have maintained a firmness of mind until her death in [[Treviso]]. She was the last Dogaressa of Venice, and the last to be afforded a state funeral as such.
A [[Latin]] [[Oratio Imperata]] was made about her: "Illud sane celebranduniy, quod per longos eosque jplurimos annos acerha valitudine correpta, nunquam aut vi deterrita aut languoribus oppressa, semper naturce dehilitationi superior, et magnitudine animi constans visafm'tJ'.<ref>Louisa Lauw: ''[https://archive.org/stream/dogaressa00molmuoft/dogaressa00molmuoft_djvu.txt The Dogaressa]''</ref>
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