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Violante Beatrice of Bavaria

1673 - 1731

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Violante Beatrice of Bavaria (Violante Beatrix; 23 January 1673 – 30 May 1731) was Grand Princess of Tuscany as the wife of Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany and Governor of Siena from 1717 until her death. Born a Duchess of Bavaria, the youngest child of Elector Ferdinand Maria, she married the heir to the Tuscan throne, Ferdinando de' Medici, in 1689. Violante Beatrice loved him but Ferdinando did not return her affection, declaring her too ugly and too dull. Her brother-in-law, Prince Gian Gastone, befriended her out of sympathy, a friendship that lasted until Violante Beatrice's demise. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Violante Beatrice of Bavaria is the 504th most popular nobleman (down from 493rd in 2019), the 1,947th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,006th in 2019) and the 96th most popular German Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria ranks 504 out of 1,415Before her are Ingegerd of Norway, Lambert I, Count of Louvain, Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne. After her are Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, Reginald I, Count of Burgundy, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, and Murad Bakhsh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1673, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria ranks 12Before her are Alessandro Marcello, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin, Mirwais Hotak, and Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington. After her are Johann Conrad Dippel, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, Jacques-Martin Hotteterre, Claude Gillot, Magdalena Sibylla of Saxe-Weissenfels, and Countess Palatine Hedwig Elisabeth of Neuburg. Among people deceased in 1731, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria ranks 10Before her are Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Antonio I, Prince of Monaco, and Frederik Ruysch. After her are Johann Ludwig Bach, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, Mary Astell, Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Ferdinand Brokoff.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria ranks 1,947 out of 7,253Before her are Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick (1714), Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1460), Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1713), Ludolf von Alvensleben (1901), Johann Crüger (1598), and George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1831). After her are Johann Conrad Dippel (1673), Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1453), Marie of Saxe-Altenburg (1818), Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1785), Julius Dorpmüller (1869), and Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1612).

Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Violante Beatrice of Bavaria ranks 96Before her are Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1588), Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg (1527), Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg (1619), Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1564), George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1573), and Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1713). After her are Liudolf, Duke of Swabia (930), Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (1721), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1870), Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1603), John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666), and Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg (1711).