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Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi

1873 - 1933

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Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, (29 January 1873 – 18 March 1933) was an Italian mountaineer and explorer, briefly Infante of Spain as son of Amadeo I of Spain, member of the royal House of Savoy and cousin of the Italian King Victor Emmanuel III. He is known for his Arctic explorations and for his mountaineering expeditions, particularly to Mount Saint Elias and K2. He also served as an Italian admiral during World War I. He created Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi in Italian Somalia during his last years of life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi is the 12th most popular mountaineer (up from 13th in 2019), the 445th most popular biography from Spain (down from 439th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Mountaineer.

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Among MOUNTAINEERS

Among mountaineers, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi ranks 12 out of 56. Before him are Junko Tabei, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, George Mallory, Wanda Rutkiewicz, Jerzy Kukuczka, and Jacques Balmat. After him are Edward Whymper, Hermann Buhl, Maurice Herzog, Walter Bonatti, Achille Compagnoni, and Matthias Zurbriggen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi ranks 45. Before him are Ivanoe Bonomi, Tullio Levi-Civita, Charles Péguy, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Constantin Carathéodory, and Robert Wiene. After him are Eliel Saarinen, Arnold van Gennep, Max Adler, Jakob Wassermann, Hugo Simberg, and Margaret Bondfield. Among people deceased in 1933, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi ranks 27. Before him are Oskar Potiorek, Hipólito Yrigoyen, Erhard Heiden, Frank Jarvis, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, and Erik Jan Hanussen. After him are Kenji Miyazawa, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Anna de Noailles, Carl Correns, Henry Royce, and Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi ranks 445 out of 3,355. Before him are Antonio Cañizares Llovera (1945), Egica (610), Anne Hidalgo (1959), Rafael Moreno Aranzadi (1892), Peter of Alcantara (1499), and Manuel Santana (1938). After him are María Casares (1922), Luis Ladaria Ferrer (1944), Junípero Serra (1713), Alfonso IV of León (890), Andrés de Urdaneta (1498), and Ibrahim ibn Yaqub (912).

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Among MOUNTAINEERS In Spain

Among mountaineers born in Spain, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi ranks 1. After him are Edurne Pasaban (1973).

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