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Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence

1510 - 1537

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Alessandro de' Medici (22 July 1510 – 6 January 1537), nicknamed "il Moro" due to his dark complexion, Duke of Penne and the first Duke of the Florentine Republic (from 1532), was ruler of Florence from 1530 to his death in 1537. The first Medici to rule Florence as a hereditary monarch, Alessandro was also the last Medici from the senior line of the family to lead the city. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence has received more than 883,587 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence is the 1,574th most popular politician (up from 1,983rd in 2019), the 591st most popular biography from Italy (up from 739th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Italian Politician.

Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, was most famous for his patronage of the arts. He was a generous patron of artists, poets, and musicians.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence ranks 1,574 out of 15,577. Before him are Ayşe Sultan, Vallabhbhai Patel, Shalmaneser III, Ismail Ibn Sharif, James II of Aragon, and Victoria of Baden. After him are Abel, King of Denmark, Ptolemy VIII Physcon, Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Al-Mu'tasim, Carloman, and Xerxes II of Persia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence ranks 2. Before him is Ambroise Paré. After him are Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Renée of France, Aloysius Lilius, Jacopo Bassano, Mikael Agricola, Gonzalo Pizarro, Gracia Mendes Nasi, François Clouet, Elena Glinskaya, and Túpac Huallpa. Among people deceased in 1537, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence ranks 2. Before him is Jane Seymour. After him are Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Lorenzo di Credi, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Gerolamo Emiliani, Pedro de Mendoza, Madeleine of Valois, and Lempira.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence ranks 591 out of 4,668. Before him are Lucullus (-118), Umberto Nobile (1885), Grazia Deledda (1871), Kurt Schuschnigg (1897), Pope Silverius (490), and Franco Zeffirelli (1923). After him are Matilda of Tuscany (1046), Maria Luisa of Spain (1745), Statius (40), Pope Stephen I (200), Damocles (null), and Pope Miltiades (250).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence ranks 96. Before him are Berengar I of Italy (850), Alcide De Gasperi (1881), Gallienus (218), Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (1479), Lucullus (-118), and Kurt Schuschnigg (1897). After him are Maria Luisa of Spain (1745), Damocles (null), Claudia Octavia (40), Olybrius (400), Libius Severus (420), and Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1072).

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