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Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione

1837 - 1899

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Virginia Oldoini Rapallini, Countess of Castiglione (23 March 1837 – 28 November 1899), better known as La Castiglione, was an Italian aristocrat who achieved notoriety as a mistress of Emperor Napoleon III of France. She was also a significant figure in the early history of photography. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione is the 44th most popular celebrity (down from 41st in 2019), the 1,631st most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,477th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Celebrity.

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Among celebrities, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione ranks 44 out of 265. Before her are Myrtle Corbin, Black Dahlia, Anna Nicole Smith, Stańczyk, Armi Kuusela, and Cecilia Gallerani. After her are Sultan Kösen, Joseph Augustus Zarelli, Albert Pierrepoint, Isabel Preysler, Emilie Louise Flöge, and María Capovilla.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione ranks 37. Before her are Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Arnold Janssen, Vasily Radlov, Abraham Kuyper, Joseph Bell, and Maria Domenica Mazzarello. After her are Pierre Auguste Cot, Georg Ebers, Nell Arthur, Henry Draper, Alexandre Guilmant, and Carolus-Duran. Among people deceased in 1899, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione ranks 19. Before her are Giovanni Segantini, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Ludwig Büchner, Matsumura Sōkon, Nubar Pasha, and Princess Maria Immacolata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After her are Charles Friedel, Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Othniel Charles Marsh, Katsu Kaishū, Guido Gezelle, and Edward Frankland.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione ranks 1,631 out of 5,161. Before her are Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (-116), Giovanni Battista Bugatti (1779), Girolamo Riario (1443), Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639), Bernardo Rossellino (1409), and Fabrizio De André (1940). After her are Iullus Antonius (-43), John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834), Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma (1612), Mattia Preti (1613), Angelo Comastri (1943), and Antipope Victor IV (1010).

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Among CELEBRITIES In Italy

Among celebrities born in Italy, Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione ranks 5. Before her are Ötzi (-3345), Simonetta Vespucci (1453), Rosalia Lombardo (1918), and Cecilia Gallerani (1473). After her are Milena Miconi (1971).

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