NOBLEMAN

Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara

1533 - 1597

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Alfonso II d'Este (22 November 1533 – 27 October 1597) was Duke of Ferrara from 1559 to 1597. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara has received more than 329,483 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara is the 228th most popular nobleman, the 1,210th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,144th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Italian Nobleman.

Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, is most famous for his patronage of the arts. He was a great patron of the painter Andrea Mantegna and the composer Claudio Monteverdi.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 228 out of 1,415. Before him are Beatrice d'Este, Sigismund, Archduke of Austria, Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Memnon of Rhodes, Thomas, Count of Savoy, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. After him are Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Queen Letizia of Spain, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Anthony, Duke of Brabant, and Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1533, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 10. Before him are Stephen Báthory, Eric XIV of Sweden, Ismail II, Giacomo della Porta, Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland, and Andrea Gabrieli. After him are Abdullah Khan II, Claudio Merulo, Mōri Terumoto, Hieronymus Fabricius, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Eknath. Among people deceased in 1597, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 9. Before him are Maharana Pratap, Peter Canisius, Paulo Miki, Joseph of Anchieta, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, and Franciscus Patricius. After him are Edward Kelley, Barbara Blomberg, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Gunilla Bielke, Won Gyun, and Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 1,210 out of 5,161. Before him are Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (-265), Antonio Segni (1891), Antipope John XVI (1000), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642), and Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466). After him are Lorenzo Costa (1460), Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy (1636), Elsa Morante (1912), Gelon (-600), Luigi Facta (1861), and Tiberius Gemellus (19).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara ranks 33. Before him are Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry (1798), Princess Carolina of Parma (1770), Mathilde Bonaparte (1820), Archduke John of Austria (1782), and Beatrice d'Este (1475). After him are Anna d'Este (1531), Frederick IV, Duke of Austria (1382), Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara (1545), Otto, Count of Savoy (1023), Maria Beatrice of Savoy (1792), and Rinaldo d'Este (1655).

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