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Beatrice Cenci

1577 - 1599

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Beatrice Cenci ( CHEN-chee, Italian: [beaˈtriːtʃe ˈtʃɛntʃi]; 6 February 1577 – 11 September 1599) was an Italian noblewoman imprisoned and repeatedly raped by her own father. She killed him, and was tried for murder. Despite outpourings of public sympathy, Cenci was beheaded in 1599 after a murder trial in Rome that gave rise to an enduring legend. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Beatrice Cenci is the 92nd most popular social activist (down from 68th in 2019), the 893rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 699th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Social Activist.

Beatrice Cenci is most famous for being a woman who was brutally murdered by her father.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Beatrice Cenci ranks 92 out of 840. Before her are Axel Munthe, Lê Đức Thọ, Jimmy Hoffa, Alexei Navalny, Widukind, and Jane Addams. After her are An Jung-geun, Amílcar Cabral, Stenka Razin, Denis Mukwege, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Errico Malatesta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, Beatrice Cenci ranks 3. Before her are Peter Paul Rubens, and Christian IV of Denmark. After her are Robert Burton, Scipione Borghese, François Leclerc du Tremblay, Paul Guldin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Cristofano Allori, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Nur Jahan, and Piet Pieterszoon Hein. Among people deceased in 1599, Beatrice Cenci ranks 1. After her are Gabrielle d'Estrées, Edmund Spenser, Luca Marenzio, Maeda Toshiie, Andrew Báthory, Cornelis de Houtman, Chōsokabe Motochika, Chand Bibi, Menocchio, Eknath, and Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Beatrice Cenci ranks 893 out of 5,161. Before her are Berengar II of Italy (900), Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444), Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1533), Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249), Beatrice d'Este (1475), and Cosimo Rosselli (1439). After her are Pietro Bembo (1470), Guercino (1591), Ladislaus of Naples (1377), Quirinius (-45), Lodovico Ferrari (1522), and Silas (1).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Italy

Among social activists born in Italy, Beatrice Cenci ranks 2. Before her are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833). After her are Errico Malatesta (1853), Frank Costello (1891), Antipope Clement III (1025), Fra Dolcino (1250), Beppe Grillo (1948), Moses Montefiore (1784), Attica (-55), Franca Viola (1948), Giuseppe Pinelli (1928), and Giuseppe Impastato (1948).

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