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Isabella d'Este

1474 - 1539

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Isabella d'Este (19 May 1474 – 13 February 1539) was the Marchioness of Mantua and one of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance as a major cultural and political figure. She was a patron of the arts as well as a leader of fashion and her innovative style of dressing was emulated by many women. The poet Ariosto labeled her as the "liberal and magnanimous Isabella", while author Matteo Bandello described her as "supreme among women". Diplomat Niccolò da Correggio went even further by hailing her as "The First Lady of the world". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Isabella d'Este is the 174th most popular nobleman (down from 161st in 2024), the 856th most popular biography from Italy (up from 880th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Italian Nobleman.

Isabella d'este was a woman who was born in Italy during the 15th century. She was the daughter of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Eleanor of Naples. Isabella became the Duchess of Ferrara after her father died in 1505. She married Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and they had eight children together.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Isabella d'Este ranks 174 out of 1,415. Before her are Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Maria Goretti, and Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. After 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1474, Isabella d'Este ranks 4. Before her are Ludovico Ariosto, Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia, and Angela Merici. After her are Giulia Farnese, Juan Diego, Mariotto Albertinelli, Tuman bay II, Frederick of Saxony, Anacaona, Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Perkin Warbeck. Among people deceased in 1539, Isabella d'Este ranks 4. Before her are Guru Nanak, Isabella of Portugal, and Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire. After her are Ayas Mehmed Pasha, Anthony Maria Zaccaria, Ferdinand Columbus, George, Duke of Saxony, Ayşe Hatun, Elizabeth Blount, Ottaviano Petrucci, and John III, Duke of Cleves.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Isabella d'Este ranks 856 out of 5,161. Before her are Ettore Majorana (1906), Lucius Cornelius Cinna (-135), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), Pietro Metastasio (1698), Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776), and Vittoria Colonna (1490). After her are Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Euhemerus (-330), Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Milo of Croton (-557), Sejanus (-20), and Fabio Cannavaro (1973).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Isabella d'Este ranks 19. Before her are Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590), Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476), Elisabeth Farnese (1692), Gaius Caesar (-20), Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469), and Maria Goretti (1890). After her are Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444), Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1533), Beatrice d'Este (1475), Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Maximilian Sforza (1493), and Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (1545).

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