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Bona Sforza

1494 - 1557

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Bona Sforza (2 February 1494 – 19 November 1557) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania as the second wife of Sigismund the Old, and Duchess of Bari and Rossano by her own right. She was a surviving member of the powerful House of Sforza, which had ruled the Duchy of Milan since 1450. Smart, energetic and ambitious, Bona became heavily involved in the political and cultural life of the Polish–Lithuanian union. To increase state revenue during the Chicken War, she implemented various economic and agricultural reforms, including the far-reaching Wallach Reform in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bona Sforza is the 1,856th most popular politician (down from 1,542nd in 2019), the 686th most popular biography from Italy (down from 588th in 2019) and the 125th most popular Italian Politician.

Bona sforza is most famous for being the name of a castle in Milan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bona Sforza ranks 1,856 out of 19,576. Before her are Shapur II, Ananda Mahidol, Constantine X Doukas, Yolanda of Flanders, Princess Isabella of Parma, and Li Xiannian. After her are Friedrich Fromm, Al-Mahdi, Sali Berisha, Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, Emperor Yang of Sui, and Carlo Azeglio Ciampi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1494, Bona Sforza ranks 7. Before her are Suleiman the Magnificent, Francis I of France, François Rabelais, Fuzûlî, Georgius Agricola, and Pontormo. After her are Rosso Fiorentino, Jean Parisot de Valette, Leo Africanus, Lucas van Leyden, Antoinette de Bourbon, and Hans Sachs. Among people deceased in 1557, Bona Sforza ranks 6. Before her are Jacques Cartier, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Anne of Cleves, Pontormo, and John III of Portugal. After her are Mikael Agricola, Olaus Magnus, Emperor Go-Nara, Sebastian Cabot, Lautaro, and Giovanni Francesco Straparola.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bona Sforza ranks 686 out of 5,161. Before her are Giovanni Giustiniani (1418), Francis of Paola (1416), Edmondo De Amicis (1846), Henry of Germany (1211), Giorgio Agamben (1942), and Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701). After her are Saint Rosalia (1130), Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920), Poppaea Sabina (30), Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833), Cornelia (-97), and Pope Donus (610).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Bona Sforza ranks 125. Before her are Giorgia Meloni (1977), Catherine Cornaro (1454), Berengar I of Italy (850), Maria Theresa of Austria (1767), Henry of Germany (1211), and Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701). After her are Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920), Rodolfo Graziani (1882), Alexander of Battenberg (1857), Kurt Schuschnigg (1897), Marozia (890), and Libius Severus (420).

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