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Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma

1545 - 1592

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Alexander Farnese (Italian: Alessandro Farnese, Spanish: Alejandro Farnesio; 27 August 1545 – 3 December 1592) was an Italian noble and condottiero, and a general of the Spanish army, who was Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1586 to 1592, as well as Governor of the Spanish Netherlands from 1578 to 1592. Thanks to a steady influx of troops from Spain, during 1581–1587 Farnese captured more than thirty towns in the south (now Belgium) and returned them to the control of Habsburg Spain. During the French Wars of Religion he relieved Paris for the Catholic League. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma has received more than 455,584 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma is the 1,580th most popular politician (down from 1,434th in 2019), the 597th most popular biography from Italy (down from 570th in 2019) and the 97th most popular Italian Politician.

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, was a Spanish general and statesman. He was the son of Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, grandson of Pope Paul III, and great-grandson of Pope Alexander VI.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

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Over the past year Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma has had the most page views in the with 71,466 views, followed by Spanish (48,921), and Italian (26,130). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Chinese (1,147.48%), Estonian (298.08%), and Galician (169.88%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma ranks 1,580 out of 19,576. Before him are Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, Feodor II of Russia, Maria I of Portugal, Ecgberht, King of Wessex, Almanzor, and Scorpion I. After him are Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Michael I Rangabe, Mentor, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, John Tyler, and Alexander of Battenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1545, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma ranks 5. Before him are Yi Sun-sin, Elisabeth of Valois, Túpac Amaru, and Carlos, Prince of Asturias. After him are Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, Azai Nagamasa, Anna of Sweden, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, and Guidobaldo del Monte. Among people deceased in 1592, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma ranks 3. Before him are Michel de Montaigne, and John III of Sweden. After him are Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Hümaşah Sultan, Jacopo Bassano, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Thomas Cavendish, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, and William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma ranks 597 out of 5,161. Before him are Giorgio Moroder (1940), Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777), Charles Ponzi (1882), Saint Rosalia (1130), Livius Andronicus (-280), and Carlo Ponti (1912). After him are Bianca Maria Sforza (1472), Pope Zephyrinus (150), Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1541), Laura Bassi (1711), Alexander of Battenberg (1857), and Raffaella Carrà (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma ranks 97. Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492), Clara Petacci (1912), Hiero II of Syracuse (-308), Titus Tatius (-800), Bona Sforza (1494), and Francis I of the Two Sicilies (1777). After him are Alexander of Battenberg (1857), Constans (320), Charles II of Naples (1254), Publius Clodius Pulcher (-90), Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782), and Olybrius (400).

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