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Agostino Chigi

1465 - 1520

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Agostino Andrea Chigi (29 November 1466 – April 11, 1520) was an Italian banker and patron of the Renaissance. Born in Siena, he was the son of the prominent banker Mariano Chigi, a member of the ancient and illustrious Chigi family. He moved to Rome around 1487, collaborating with his father. The heir of a rich fund of capital, and enriched further after lending huge amounts of money to Pope Alexander VI (and to other rulers of the time as well), he strayed from common mercantile practice by obtaining lucrative monopolies like the salt monopoly of the Papal States and the Kingdom of Naples, as well as that of the alum excavated in Tolfa, Agnato and Ischia di Castro. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agostino Chigi is the 7,052nd most popular politician (down from 6,661st in 2019), the 1,838th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,802nd in 2019) and the 459th most popular Italian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Agostino Chigi ranks 7,052 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Louise Amelie of Baden, Pierre Messmer, Khentkaus III, Sergei Ivanov, Tsutomu Hata, and Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt. After him are Emile Vandervelde, Otto I, Margrave of Brandenburg, Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Gaius Cassius Longinus Varus, and Alexander, Prince of Orange.

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Among people born in 1465, Agostino Chigi ranks 9. Before him are Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar, Scipione del Ferro, Kunigunde of Austria, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Mehmed I Giray, and Gil Vicente. After him are Paulo da Gama, Jan Provoost, Bramantino, Shō Shin, Ashikaga Yoshihisa, and Johann von Staupitz. Among people deceased in 1520, Agostino Chigi ranks 10. Before him are Moctezuma II, Martin Waldseemüller, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Cuitláhuac, Sten Sture the Younger, and Kunigunde of Austria. After him are Ravidas, Ippolito d'Este, Idris Bitlisi, Bernardo Dovizi, Jo Gwang-jo, and Alonso Álvarez de Pineda.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Agostino Chigi ranks 1,838 out of 5,161. Before him are Marietta Robusti (1554), Carmine Crocco (1830), Tiridates III of Parthia (-50), Giovanni Andrea Doria (1539), Nicola Abbagnano (1901), and Vittorio Brambilla (1937). After him are Gaius Cassius Longinus Varus (-115), Carlo Rainaldi (1611), Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily (1779), Bruno Sammartino (1935), Domitilla the Elder (50), and Rinaldo d'Este (1655).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Agostino Chigi ranks 459. Before him are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (-130), Grimoald, King of the Lombards (610), Massimo D'Alema (1949), Roger Borsa (1060), Peter II, Count of Savoy (1203), and Tiridates III of Parthia (-50). After him are Gaius Cassius Longinus Varus (-115), Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily (1779), Margherita de' Medici (1612), Theron of Acragas (-535), Guidobaldo da Montefeltro (1472), and Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma (1666).

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