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Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases

1569 - 1630

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Ambrogio Spinola Doria, 1st Marquess of Los Balbases and 1st Duke of Sesto (1569 – 25 September 1630) was an Italian condottiero and nobleman of the Republic of Genoa, who served as a Spanish general and won a number of important battles. He is often called "Ambrosio" by Spanish-speaking people and is considered one of the greatest military commanders of his time and in the history of the Spanish army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases has received more than 21,264 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases is the 2,853rd most popular politician (down from 2,451st in 2019), the 952nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 857th in 2019) and the 196th most popular Italian Politician.

Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases, was a Spanish general and statesman. He served as a military commander for the Republic of Genoa, the Kingdom of Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire, and was most famous for his role in the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases ranks 2,853 out of 19,576. Before him are Gerard de Ridefort, Vuk Branković, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, Netjerkare Siptah, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, and Francisco de Almeida. After him are Charles the Younger, Canute Lavard, Alfonso III of Aragon, Vukašin of Serbia, Zhang Xueliang, and Askar Akayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1569, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases ranks 2. Before him is Jahangir. After him are Giambattista Marino, Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Boşnak Derviş Mehmed Pasha, Yodo-dono, Frans Pourbus the Younger, Friedrich Kettler, Heo Gyun, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, and Antonio Marcello Barberini. Among people deceased in 1630, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases ranks 3. Before him are Johannes Kepler, and Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. After him are Yuan Chonghuan, Fede Galizia, Henry Briggs, Johann Schein, Agrippa d'Aubigné, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, Gioachino Greco, Akile Hatun, and Yamada Nagamasa.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases ranks 952 out of 5,161. Before him are Servilia (-104), Nicola Amati (1596), Umberto Giordano (1867), Franco Modigliani (1918), Pietro Bembo (1470), and Nina Ricci (1883). After him are Gabriele Falloppio (1523), Filippo Maria Visconti (1392), Hugo Pratt (1927), Jacopo Bassano (1510), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), and Faustina the Elder (105).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases ranks 196. Before him are Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (-300), Quirinius (-45), Sandro Pertini (1896), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), Servilia (-104), and Nicola Amati (1596). After him are Filippo Maria Visconti (1392), Odilo Globočnik (1904), Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua (1562), Florianus (232), Lucilla (150), and Bartolomeo Colleoni (1400).

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