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Muhammad XII of Granada

1459 - 1532

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Abu Abdallah Muhammad XII (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الثاني عشر, romanized: Abū ʿAbdi-llāh Muḥammad ath-thānī ʿashar; c. 1460–1533), known in Europe as Boabdil, was the 22nd and last Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Iberia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad XII of Granada is the 1,106th most popular politician (down from 1,052nd in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Spain (down from 81st in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Spanish Politician.

Muhammad XII of Granada is most famous for being the last Muslim ruler of the Emirate of Granada in southern Spain. He was also the last Muslim ruler of any significant size in the Iberian Peninsula.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad XII of Granada ranks 1,106 out of 19,576Before him are Ladislaus the Posthumous, Yongzheng Emperor, Roh Tae-woo, Donald Tusk, Childeric I, and Wazner. After him are Diane de Poitiers, Andrew II of Hungary, Omri, Creon, Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Mohammed Daoud Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1459, Muhammad XII of Granada ranks 3Before him are Pope Adrian VI, and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Martin Behaim, Sultan Cem, Jakob Fugger, Lorenzo di Credi, John I Albert, Charles, Count of Angoulême, Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha, Cima da Conegliano, and Conrad Celtes. Among people deceased in 1532, Muhammad XII of Granada ranks 1After him are Jan Gossaert, Bernardino Luini, John, Elector of Saxony, Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Piri Mehmed Pasha, Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Jaime, Duke of Braganza, Tullio Lombardo, and William Warham.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Muhammad XII of Granada ranks 86 out of 3,355Before him are Maria Anna of Spain (1606), Amancio Ortega (1936), Avempace (1080), Ibn Tufail (1110), Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), and Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548). After him are Abbas ibn Firnas (810), Roderic (688), Juan Gris (1887), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Rafael Benítez (1960), and Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507).

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Muhammad XII of Granada ranks 23Before him are Abd al-Rahman III (889), Margaret Theresa of Spain (1651), Isabella II of Spain (1830), Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549), Maria Anna of Spain (1606), and Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784). After him are Roderic (688), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Peter III of Aragon (1239), Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040), and Magnus Maximus (335).