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Margaret of Parma

1522 - 1586

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Margaret (Italian: Margherita di Parma; 5 July 1522 – 18 January 1586) was Duchess of Parma from 1547 to 1586 as the wife of Duke Ottavio Farnese and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582. She was the illegitimate daughter of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst. She had briefly been Duchess of Florence from 1536 to 1537 by her first marriage to Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret of Parma is the 1,259th most popular politician (down from 1,205th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 50th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Belgian Politician.

Margaret of Parma was the daughter of Emperor Charles V and the sister of King Philip II of Spain. She was the governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567, and she is most famous for her attempts to suppress the Protestant Reformation in the Netherlands.

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Among politicians, Margaret of Parma ranks 1,259 out of 19,576. Before her are Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Constantine III, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Totila, Philip III of Macedon, and John III of Portugal. After her are Peter III of Aragon, Sarah Palin, Grigory Potemkin, Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York, William Henry Harrison, and Pierre Laval.

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Among people born in 1522, Margaret of Parma ranks 3. Before her are Mihrimah Sultan, and Şehzade Mehmed. After her are Ulisse Aldrovandi, Lodovico Ferrari, Eleanor of Toledo, Sen no Rikyū, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Joachim du Bellay, Catherine of Ricci, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, and Shibata Katsuie. Among people deceased in 1586, Margaret of Parma ranks 2. Before her is Stephen Báthory. After her are Lucas Cranach the Younger, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Primož Trubar, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Birbal, Luis de Morales, and Philip Sidney.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Margaret of Parma ranks 47 out of 1,190. Before her are Jacques Brel (1929), Hergé (1907), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), Henri La Fontaine (1854), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), and Pepin of Herstal (635). After her are Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Victor Horta (1861), and Julio Cortázar (1914).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Margaret of Parma ranks 20. Before her are Mary of Hungary (1505), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Eleanor of Austria (1498), William III of the Netherlands (1817), Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), and Pepin of Herstal (635). After her are Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), and Léon Degrelle (1906).

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