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Eleanor de' Medici

1567 - 1611

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Eleanor de' Medici (28 February 1567 – 9 September 1611) was a Duchess of Mantua by marriage to Vincenzo I Gonzaga. She served as regent of Mantua 1595, 1597 and 1601, when Vincenzo served in the Austrian campaign in Hungary, and in 1602, when he left for Flanders for medical treatment. She was a daughter of Francesco I de' Medici and Joanna of Austria and the sister of Marie de' Medici, Queen of France. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eleanor de' Medici is the 3,337th most popular politician (up from 4,077th in 2019), the 1,044th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,236th in 2019) and the 226th most popular Italian Politician.

Eleanor de' Medici was the queen consort of Henry II of France. She is most famous for her role in the French Wars of Religion.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eleanor de' Medici ranks 3,337 out of 19,576Before her are Fatma Sultan, Idomeneus of Crete, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Alexander Ypsilantis, Charles Tupper, and Abdirashid Shermarke. After her are Musa Çelebi, Laurent Gbagbo, Shamshi-Adad I, Louis Desaix, Emperor Go-Sai, and Alfonso I of Asturias.

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Among people born in 1567, Eleanor de' Medici ranks 8Before her are Francis de Sales, Maurice, Prince of Orange, Samuel de Champlain, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Date Masamune, and Willem Schouten. After her are Sanada Yukimura, Jacques Clément, Honoré d'Urfé, Jindřich Matyáš Thurn, Jacob van Heemskerck, and Archduchess Margaret of Austria. Among people deceased in 1611, Eleanor de' Medici ranks 5Before her are Charles IX of Sweden, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, and Henry Hudson. After her are Katō Kiyomasa, Bartholomeus Spranger, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Antonio Possevino, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Sanada Masayuki, and Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Eleanor de' Medici ranks 1,044 out of 5,161Before her are Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870), Fra Dolcino (1250), Taddeo Gaddi (1290), Romano Mussolini (1927), Renata Tebaldi (1922), and Gaius Lucilius (-180). After her are Giuliano da Sangallo (1445), Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856), Giuseppe Siri (1906), Blessed Gerard (1047), Vincenzo Viviani (1622), and Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Eleanor de' Medici ranks 226Before her are Hormizd I (250), Princess Mafalda of Savoy (1902), Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400), Charles Martel of Anjou (1271), Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy (1634), and Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma (1870). After her are Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765), Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia (1773), Publius Cornelius Dolabella (-70), Cola di Rienzo (1313), Alfonso IV of Aragon (1299), and Janus of Cyprus (1375).