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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 20,860 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases is the 2,459th most popular politician (down from 2,335th in 2019), the 859th most popular biography from Italy (down from 838th in 2019) and the 178th 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 2,459 out of 15,577Before him are Zimri, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Titus Tatius, Ivan Gašparovič, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, and Atia. After him are Halfdan the Black, Amyntas IV of Macedon, Hacı I Giray, Ma Chao, Yazid II, and Lee Teng-hui.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases ranks 859 out of 4,668Before him are Domenichino (1581), Giuseppe Torelli (1658), Orazio Gentileschi (1563), Florianus (232), Titus Tatius (-800), and Atia (-85). After him are Maximilian Sforza (1493), Luigi Russolo (1885), Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84), Beatrice of Naples (1457), Guercino (1591), and Berengar II of Italy (900).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquess of Balbases ranks 178Before him are Giovanna of Italy (1907), Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (1900), Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1810), Florianus (232), Titus Tatius (-800), and Atia (-85). After him are Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (-84), Beatrice of Naples (1457), Berengar II of Italy (900), Concino Concini (1575), Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (-519), and Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642).