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Marozia

890 - 937

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Marozia, born Maria and also known as Mariuccia or Mariozza (c. 890 – 937), was a Roman noblewoman who was the alleged mistress of Pope Sergius III and was given the unprecedented titles senatrix ("senatoress") and patricia of Rome by Pope John X.Edward Gibbon wrote of her that the "influence of two sister prostitutes, Marozia and Theodora was founded on their wealth and beauty, their political and amorous intrigues: the most strenuous of their lovers were rewarded with the Roman tiara, and their reign may have suggested to darker ages the fable of a female pope. The bastard son, two grandsons, two great grandsons, and one great great grandson of Marozia—a rare genealogy—were seated in the Chair of St. Peter." Pope John XIII was her nephew, the offspring of her younger sister Theodora. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marozia is the 1,940th most popular politician (down from 1,708th in 2019), the 706th most popular biography from Italy (down from 637th in 2019) and the 130th most popular Italian Politician.

Marozia was the mother of Pope John XI and the mistress of Pope Sergius III. She was most famous for her incestuous relationship with her son and her involvement in the murders of Pope John X and Pope Benedict VI.

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Among politicians, Marozia ranks 1,940 out of 19,576. Before her are Yohannes IV, Joseph Estrada, Muhammad bin Tughluq, Kurt Schuschnigg, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and Miguel Primo de Rivera. After her are Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio Nasica, Karl Hermann Frank, Leo II, Yoshihide Suga, Libius Severus, and False Dmitry I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 890, Marozia ranks 3. Before her are Pope Anastasius III, and Olga of Kiev. After her are Rudolph of France, Alfonso IV of León, Chernorizets Hrabar, Ulrich of Augsburg, Drahomíra, Christopher Lekapenos, Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine, and Mardavij. Among people deceased in 937, Marozia ranks 1. After her are Rudolph II of Burgundy, and Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marozia ranks 706 out of 5,161. Before her are Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Constance, Queen of Sicily (1154), Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1360), Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1590), and Kurt Schuschnigg (1897). After her are Libius Severus (420), Gnaeus Pompeius (-80), Titus Tatius (-800), Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720), Publius Quinctilius Varus (-46), and Cosima Wagner (1837).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Marozia ranks 130. Before her are Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (1701), Bona Sforza (1494), Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (1920), Rodolfo Graziani (1882), Alexander of Battenberg (1857), and Kurt Schuschnigg (1897). After her are Libius Severus (420), Gnaeus Pompeius (-80), Titus Tatius (-800), Publius Quinctilius Varus (-46), Olybrius (400), and Charles II of Naples (1254).

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