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Vittoria Colonna

1490 - 1547

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Vittoria Colonna (April 1492 – 25 February 1547), Marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet. As an educated and married noblewoman whose husband was in captivity, Colonna was able to develop relationships within the intellectual circles of Ischia and Naples. Her early poetry began to attract attention in the late 1510s and she ultimately became one of the most popular poets of 16th-century Italy. Upon the early death of her husband, she took refuge at a convent in Rome. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vittoria Colonna is the 689th most popular writer (up from 842nd in 2019), the 855th most popular biography from Italy (up from 985th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Italian Writer.

Vittoria Colonna was a poet, author, and patron of the arts. She was the daughter of Fabrizio Colonna, Duke of Paliano, and his wife, Lucrezia d'Alagno. She married Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, but they had no children.

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Among writers, Vittoria Colonna ranks 689 out of 7,302. Before her are Ferenc Molnár, Joseph Murphy, Daphne du Maurier, Walter Raleigh, Frano Selak, and Gregory of Narek. After her are Maurice Blanchot, Tyrtaeus, Al-Maʿarri, Sidonius Apollinaris, Ismail Gaspirali, and Muriel Spark.

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Among people born in 1490, Vittoria Colonna ranks 5. Before her are Mimar Sinan, Albert, Duke of Prussia, Adrian Willaert, and Charles III, Duke of Bourbon. After her are Huáscar, Olaus Magnus, Albert of Brandenburg, Florian Geyer, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, and Properzia de' Rossi. Among people deceased in 1547, Vittoria Colonna ranks 5. Before her are Henry VIII of England, Hernán Cortés, Francis I of France, and Anne of Bohemia and Hungary. After her are Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Sebastiano del Piombo, Pietro Bembo, Saint Cajetan, Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, and Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Vittoria Colonna ranks 855 out of 5,161. Before her are Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900), Ettore Majorana (1906), Lucius Cornelius Cinna (-135), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), Pietro Metastasio (1698), and Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776). After her are Isabella d'Este (1474), Francesco Guicciardini (1483), Euhemerus (-330), Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Milo of Croton (-557), and Sejanus (-20).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Vittoria Colonna ranks 59. Before her are Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Francesca da Rimini (1259), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Curzio Malaparte (1898), Carlo Gozzi (1720), and Pietro Metastasio (1698). After her are Antonio Tabucchi (1943), Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749), Cassiodorus (487), Epicharmus of Kos (-524), Pietro Bembo (1470), and Emilio Salgari (1862).

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