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Francesca da Rimini

1259 - 1285

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Francesca da Rimini or Francesca da Polenta (died between 1283 and 1286) was an Italian noblewoman of Ravenna, who was murdered by her husband, Giovanni Malatesta, upon his discovery of her affair with his brother, Paolo Malatesta. She was a contemporary of Dante Alighieri, who portrayed her as a character in the Divine Comedy. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Francesca da Rimini is the 662nd most popular writer (up from 691st in 2024), the 827th most popular biography from Italy (up from 843rd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Italian Writer.

Francesca da Rimini is most famous for being the wife of Gianciotto Malatesta, who murdered her and her lover, Paolo, in Dante's Inferno.

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Among writers, Francesca da Rimini ranks 662 out of 7,302. Before her are Karl Kraus, Émile Verhaeren, Giacomo Leopardi, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ze'ev Jabotinsky, and Ingeborg Bachmann. After her are Alvin Toffler, Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Carlos Fuentes, Curzio Malaparte, Luis de Góngora, and Carlo Gozzi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1259, Francesca da Rimini ranks 2. Before her is Andronikos II Palaiologos. After her are Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria, Ubertino of Casale, Kaykhusraw III, Rudrama Devi, Demetrius II of Georgia, Cerverí de Girona, and Henry III, Count of Bar. Among people deceased in 1285, Francesca da Rimini ranks 5. Before her are Charles I of Anjou, Pope Martin IV, Philip III of France, and Peter III of Aragon. After her are Yekuno Amlak, John II of Jerusalem, Kunigunda of Halych, Philip I, Count of Savoy, Theodora of Trebizond, Daumantas of Lithuania, and John I, Duke of Saxony.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesca da Rimini ranks 827 out of 5,161. Before her are Quintus Sertorius (-126), Charles Edward Stuart (1720), Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1843), Joachim of Fiore (1135), Gian Carlo Menotti (1911), and Giacomo Leopardi (1798). After her are Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769), Peter, King of Hungary (1011), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Margherita of Savoy (1851), Alessandro Algardi (1595), and Curzio Malaparte (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Francesca da Rimini ranks 54. Before her are Aulus Gellius (123), Poliziano (1454), Gabriele Amorth (1925), Giambattista Basile (1566), Eugenio Montale (1896), and Giacomo Leopardi (1798). After her are Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Curzio Malaparte (1898), Carlo Gozzi (1720), Pietro Metastasio (1698), Vittoria Colonna (1490), and Antonio Tabucchi (1943).

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