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Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua

1422 - 1481

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Barbara of Brandenburg (30 September 1422 – 7 November 1481) was a Marchioness consort of Mantua, married in 1433 to Ludovico III Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua. She was referred to as a virago because of her strong character and forceful nature, and served as Regent of Mantua several times during the absence of Ludovico III between 1445 and 1455. She is regarded as an important figure in the Italian Renaissance and was a student of Vittorino da Feltre. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua is the 9,858th most popular politician (down from 8,574th in 2024). (down from 1,659th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua ranks 9,858 out of 19,576Before her are King Xiao of Zhou, Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, Iset, Alexander I of Georgia, Tashfin ibn Ali, and Ali Abdullah Ayyoub. After her are Arsenije III Čarnojević, Pinarayi Vijayan, Đỗ Mười, Epitácio Pessoa, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, and Michael Szilágyi.

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Among people born in 1422, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua ranks 8Before her are Agnès Sorel, Mircea II of Wallachia, Gaston IV, Count of Foix, Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza, William Caxton, and Francesco Pesellino.  Among people deceased in 1481, Barbara of Brandenburg, Marquise of Mantua ranks 10Before her are Lekë Dukagjini, Ikkyū, Axayacatl, Bartolomeo Platina, Agostino di Duccio, and Charles IV of Anjou. After her are Francesco Filelfo, Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, Erik Axelsson Tott, John I, Duke of Cleves, and Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk.

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