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Marcantonio Colonna

1535 - 1584

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Marcantonio II Colonna (sometimes spelled Marc'Antonio; 1535 – August 1, 1584), Duke and Prince of Paliano and Duke of Tagliacozzo, was an Italian aristocrat and military commander who served as Viceroy of Sicily under the Spanish Crown, general of the Spanish forces, and Captain General of the Church. He is best remembered for his role as admiral of the Papal fleet at the Battle of Lepanto. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcantonio Colonna is the 761st most popular military personnel (up from 898th in 2019). (up from 1,444th in 2019)

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Among military personnels, Marcantonio Colonna ranks 761 out of 2,058Before him are Carmine Crocco, Julius von Payer, Pavel Sudoplatov, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Dietrich von Saucken, and Henri Gouraud. After him are Yasuji Okamura, Ion Mihai Pacepa, Wolfgang Lüth, Karol Świerczewski, Erich Brandenberger, and Heinz Hitler.

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Among people born in 1535, Marcantonio Colonna ranks 15Before him are Shimazu Yoshihiro, Luis de Molina, Martin Frobisher, Sayri Túpac, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, and Catherine Stenbock. After him are Titu Cusi, Frans Hogenberg, Lucrezia d'Este, Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Giaches de Wert, and Lucas van Valckenborch. Among people deceased in 1584, Marcantonio Colonna ranks 9Before him are Charles Borromeo, Francis, Duke of Anjou, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Yi I, Jan Kochanowski, and Balthasar Gérard. After him are Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Mehmed II Giray, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Pieter Pourbus, Solomon Alkabetz, and Thomas Norton.

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