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Alfonso II of Naples

1448 - 1495

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Alfonso II (4 November 1448 – 18 December 1495) was Duke of Calabria and ruled as King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 23 January 1495. He was a soldier and a patron of Renaissance architecture and the arts. Heir to his father Ferdinand I's Kingdom of Naples, Alfonso held the dukedom of Calabria for most of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfonso II of Naples has received more than 455,278 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Alfonso II of Naples is the 2,631st most popular politician (down from 2,320th in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from Italy (down from 819th in 2019) and the 184th most popular Italian Politician.

Alfonso II of Naples is most famous for being the king of Naples and Sicily from 1285 to 1337. He was the son of Charles I of Anjou, who was the son of King Louis IX of France. Alfonso II was crowned king of Naples in 1285 and he ruled for 44 years. He died in 1337 and his son, Robert, became the new king.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alfonso II of Naples ranks 2,631 out of 19,576. Before him are Stephen II of Hungary, Isser Harel, Nawal El Saadawi, Beatrice of Naples, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar, and Michel Aflaq. After him are Joscelin II, Count of Edessa, Seth-Peribsen, Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, Karl Seitz, Tzipi Livni, and Louis Blanc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1448, Alfonso II of Naples ranks 2. Before him is Domenico Ghirlandaio. After him are Philip, Elector Palatine, Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine, Miguel Corte-Real, and Bartolomeo della Gatta. Among people deceased in 1495, Alfonso II of Naples ranks 4. Before him are Seongjong of Joseon, John II of Portugal, and Sultan Cem. After him are Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, Cosimo Tura, Dorothea of Brandenburg, Francis, Count of Vendôme, Jacob Sprenger, Vlad Călugărul, Magdalena of France, and Elizabeth Tudor.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alfonso II of Naples ranks 898 out of 5,161. Before him are Dino De Laurentiis (1919), Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476), Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (5), Pietro Lorenzetti (1280), Beatrice of Naples (1457), and Filippo Inzaghi (1973). After him are Giuseppe Torelli (1658), Maurizio Sarri (1959), Richard Rogers (1933), Aristoxenus (-360), Zeuxis (-500), and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Alfonso II of Naples ranks 184. Before him are Bartolomeo Eustachi (1500), Francesco II Sforza (1495), Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1587), Ladislaus of Naples (1377), Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (5), and Beatrice of Naples (1457). After him are Giuseppe Guarneri (1698), Cola di Rienzo (1313), Robert I, Duke of Parma (1848), Dionysius II of Syracuse (-397), William I of Sicily (1126), and Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300).

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