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Beatrice d'Este

1475 - 1497

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Beatrice d'Este (29 June 1475 – 3 January 1497) a noblewoman from Ferrara, duchess of Bari and Milan by her marriage to Ludovico Sforza (known as "Ludovico il Moro"). She was known as a woman of culture, an important patron of arts and science and a leader in fashion: alongside her husband, she made Milan one of the greatest capitals of the European Renaissance. With her determination and bellicose nature, she led the Milanese resistance against the French during the first of the Italian Wars. Her interventions repelled the Duke of Orléans who was on the verge of conquering Milan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Beatrice d'Este is the 181st most popular nobleman (up from 222nd in 2019), the 891st most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,179th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Italian Nobleman.

Beatrice d'este was a noblewoman and the wife of Francesco II, Duke of Milan. She is most famous for her correspondence with the poet Dante Alighieri.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Beatrice d'Este ranks 181 out of 1,415. Before her are Jobst of Moravia, Setnakhte, Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, and Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. After her are Leotychidas, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Robert Curthose, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, Lady Katherine Grey, and Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1475, Beatrice d'Este ranks 7. Before her are Michelangelo, Pope Leo X, Cesare Borgia, Paolo Uccello, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, and Diego de Almagro. After her are Sebastiano Serlio, Bernardino Luini, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, Anne of York, Afonso, Prince of Portugal, and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. Among people deceased in 1497, Beatrice d'Este ranks 4. Before her are Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, Benozzo Gozzoli, and Johannes Ockeghem. After her are John, Prince of Asturias, Philip II, Duke of Savoy, Katherine Woodville, Duchess of Buckingham, Ishak Pasha, Anna Sforza, Benedetto da Maiano, António de Noli, and Filippo Buonaccorsi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Beatrice d'Este ranks 891 out of 5,161. Before her are Elena Cornaro Piscopia (1646), Rosalba Carriera (1673), Berengar II of Italy (900), Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444), Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1533), and Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249). After her are Cosimo Rosselli (1439), Beatrice Cenci (1577), Pietro Bembo (1470), Guercino (1591), Ladislaus of Naples (1377), and Quirinius (-45).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Beatrice d'Este ranks 22. Before her are Gaius Caesar (-20), Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469), Maria Goretti (1890), Isabella d'Este (1474), Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444), and Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1533). After her are Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Maximilian Sforza (1493), Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (1545), Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753), Luisa of Naples and Sicily (1773), and Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431).

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