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António Manoel de Vilhena

1663 - 1736

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António Manoel de Vilhena (28 May 1663 – 10 December 1736) was a Portuguese nobleman who was the 66th Prince and Grand Master of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem from 19 June 1722 to his death in 1736. Unlike a number of the other Grand Masters, he was benevolent and popular with the Maltese people. Vilhena is mostly remembered for the founding of Floriana, the construction of Fort Manoel and the Manoel Theatre, and the renovation of the city of Mdina. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). António Manoel de Vilhena is the 12,767th most popular politician (up from 13,402nd in 2024), the 295th most popular biography from Portugal (up from 309th in 2019) and the 114th most popular Portuguese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, António Manoel de Vilhena ranks 12,767 out of 19,576. Before him are Nikolai Denkov, Edward Osóbka-Morawski, Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Nikephoros Bryennios the Elder, Shattuara, and Ahmed Osman. After him are Amalafrid, Miroslav Ondříček, Pyotr Masherov, Achaeus, Jack Sharkey, and Ivan Dziuba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1663, António Manoel de Vilhena ranks 14. Before him are August Hermann Francke, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Luca Carlevarijs, Agafya Grushetskaya, Ogata Kenzan, and Cotton Mather. After him are Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama, and Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton. Among people deceased in 1736, António Manoel de Vilhena ranks 15. Before him are Louise Diane d'Orléans, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Theophan Prokopovich, Caspar van Wittel, René Duguay-Trouin, and Emanuele d'Astorga. After him is Nicholas Hawksmoor.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, António Manoel de Vilhena ranks 295 out of 633. Before him are Rosa Mota (1958), Gonçalo Velho Cabral (1400), Hilário (1975), Maniche (1977), José Peseiro (1960), and Alberto Festa (1939). After him are Ricardo Costa (1981), Martim Afonso de Sousa (1500), Simão Rodrigues (1510), José Malhoa (1855), Walther Katzenstein (1878), and Pedro Passos Coelho (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, António Manoel de Vilhena ranks 114. Before him are Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal (1739), Vasco de Almeida e Costa (1932), Luís Montenegro (1973), Jaime, Duke of Braganza (1483), Francisco Pinto Balsemão (1937), and Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza (1510). After him are Pedro Passos Coelho (1964), Guilhermina Suggia (1885), João de Castro (1500), Carlos Mota Pinto (1936), Alfredo Nobre da Costa (1923), and Pedro Santana Lopes (1956).

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