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Bianca Cappello

1548 - 1587

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Bianca Cappello (1548 – 20 October 1587) was an Italian noblewoman, the Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany by marriage to Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. She was Francesco's mistress that later married him to became his consort. Coincidentally, the creation of the fortunate term serendipity by the writer Horace Walpole is due to a portrait of Bianca. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bianca Cappello is the 5,224th most popular politician (down from 3,688th in 2019), the 1,449th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,150th in 2019) and the 339th most popular Italian Politician.

Bianca Cappello is most famous for her poem "How To Kill Your Own Mother" which she wrote in response to her own mother's death.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bianca Cappello ranks 5,224 out of 19,576. Before her are Andrianampoinimerina, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Omurtag of Bulgaria, Fu Hao, Adolph Joffe, and William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne. After her are Al-Muti, Willem Drees, Lucius Munatius Plancus, Tim Johnson, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, and Stefan Dragutin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1548, Bianca Cappello ranks 9. Before her are Simon Stevin, Francisco Suárez, Karel van Mander, Vincenzo Scamozzi, Honda Tadakatsu, and William V, Duke of Bavaria. After her are Palma il Giovane, Catherine of Cleves, Fatma Sultan, Antonio Priuli, Giulio Cesare Polerio, and Sebastián Vizcaíno. Among people deceased in 1587, Bianca Cappello ranks 5. Before her are Mary, Queen of Scots, Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Occhiali, and Gotthard Kettler. After her are Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Felix of Cantalice, Ōmura Sumitada, Ōtomo Sōrin, Hai Rui, John Foxe, and Juraj Drašković.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bianca Cappello ranks 1,449 out of 5,161. Before her are Carlo Maria Giulini (1914), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (-120), Mikhail Tsvet (1872), Musa of Parthia (-40), Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio (1467), and Francis V, Duke of Modena (1819). After her are Lucius Munatius Plancus (-87), Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315), Tazio Nuvolari (1892), Gnaeus Octavius (-200), Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (1936), and Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena (1610).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Bianca Cappello ranks 339. Before her are Enrico Berlinguer (1922), Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan (1009), Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (1698), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (-120), Musa of Parthia (-40), and Francis V, Duke of Modena (1819). After her are Lucius Munatius Plancus (-87), Louis V, Duke of Bavaria (1315), Gnaeus Octavius (-200), Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (1936), Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena (1610), and Gaius Marius the Younger (-109).

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