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Barbara Blomberg

1527 - 1597

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Barbara Blomberg (1527 – 18 December 1597) was the mother of Don John of Austria. Blomberg was born in Ratisbon (modern Germany), the eldest daughter of Wolfgang Plumberger or Blomberg, a burgher, and of his wife Sibilla Lohman. A singer, in 1546 she was for a short time the mistress of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, who was in Regensburg for the meeting of the Imperial Diet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barbara Blomberg has received more than 104,149 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Barbara Blomberg is the 332nd most popular companion (down from 271st in 2019), the 1,202nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,015th in 2019) and the 50th most popular German Companion.

Barbara Blomberg is most famous for her work in the field of psychology. She is most well known for her research on the effects of prenatal depression on children.

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Among companions, Barbara Blomberg ranks 332 out of 784. Before her are Isabel of Coimbra, Catharina of Württemberg, Charles Lightoller, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, Maria of Antioch, and Richardis. After her are Catherine Dolgorukov, Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland, Eadgyth, Flavia Maximiana Theodora, Parysatis II, and Eurydice II of Macedon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1527, Barbara Blomberg ranks 6. Before her are Philip II of Spain, John Dee, Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, Abraham Ortelius, and Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal. After her are Qi Jiguang, Hans Vredeman de Vries, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Agnes of Hesse, Luis de León, and Pellegrino Tibaldi. Among people deceased in 1597, Barbara Blomberg ranks 11. Before her are Paulo Miki, Joseph of Anchieta, Infanta Catherine Michelle of Spain, Franciscus Patricius, Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, and Edward Kelley. After her are Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Gunilla Bielke, Won Gyun, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Luís Fróis, and Prospero Fontana.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Barbara Blomberg ranks 1,202 out of 7,253. Before her are Franz Seldte (1882), Oskar Morgenstern (1902), Adolf Strauss (1879), George, Duke of Saxony (1471), Helmut Haller (1939), and Radegund (518). After her are Margot Honecker (1927), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Reinhard Genzel (1952), Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg (1597), Douglas Sirk (1897), and Theodor Storm (1817).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Barbara Blomberg ranks 50. Before her are Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg (1511), Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792), Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), and Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227). After her are Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1837), Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt (1751), Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666), Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (1262), Anna Maria of the Palatinate (1561), and Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (1803).

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