1590 - 1621
Cosimo II de' Medici (12 May 1590 – 28 February 1621) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until his death. He was the elder son of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Christina of Lorraine. For the majority of his twelve-year reign, he delegated the administration of Tuscany to his ministers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany has received more than 307,378 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany is the 139th most popular nobleman (up from 141st in 2019), the 755th most popular biography from Italy (up from 795th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Nobleman.
Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, is most famous for being the first of the Medici rulers of Tuscany, and for his patronage of the arts. He was a patron of artists such as Michelangelo and Galileo.
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Among noblemen, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 139 out of 842. Before him are Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Miguel I of Portugal, and Sophia of Hanover. After him are Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Leopold III, Duke of Austria, Isabella d'Este, Christina of Denmark, Robert the Strong, and Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria.
1750 - 1806
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 133
1751 - 1775
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 134
1444 - 1476
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 135
1846 - 1930
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 136
1802 - 1866
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 137
1630 - 1714
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 138
1590 - 1621
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 139
1857 - 1905
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 140
1351 - 1386
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 141
1474 - 1539
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 142
1521 - 1590
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 143
900 - 866
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 144
1842 - 1919
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 145
Among people born in 1590, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 5. Before him are Ahmed I, Kösem Sultan, Pope Clement X, and Mahfiruz Hatun. After him are Simon Vouet, Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Gioachino Greco, Yamada Nagamasa, Urbain Grandier, Théophile de Viau, and Jacob van Eyck. Among people deceased in 1621, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 6. Before him are Philip III of Spain, Pope Paul V, Robert Bellarmine, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, and Thomas Harriot. After him are Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Michael Praetorius, Şehzade Mehmed, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Cristofano Allori, and Antoine de Montchrestien.
1590 - 1617
HPI: 83.59
Rank: 1
1590 - 1651
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 2
1590 - 1676
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 3
1590 - 1620
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 4
1590 - 1621
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 5
1590 - 1649
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 6
1590 - 1624
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 7
1590 - 1630
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 8
1590 - 1630
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 9
1590 - 1634
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 10
1590 - 1626
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 11
1590 - 1657
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 12
1578 - 1621
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 1
1552 - 1621
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 2
1542 - 1621
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 3
1559 - 1621
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 4
1560 - 1621
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 5
1590 - 1621
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 6
1562 - 1621
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 7
1571 - 1621
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 8
1605 - 1621
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 9
1560 - 1621
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 10
1577 - 1621
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 11
1575 - 1621
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 755 out of 4,668. Before him are Vannozza dei Cattanei (1442), Pope Romanus (850), Giacomo della Porta (1533), Giovanni Paisiello (1740), Bernardo Bellotto (1721), and Jacopo Bellini (1396). After him are Tarcisius (263), Jacopo Sansovino (1486), Luca della Robbia (1399), Marcus Claudius Tacitus (200), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), and Isabella d'Este (1474).
1442 - 1518
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 749
850 - 897
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 750
1533 - 1602
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 751
1740 - 1816
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 752
1721 - 1780
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 753
1396 - 1470
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 754
1590 - 1621
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 755
263 - 275
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 756
1486 - 1570
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 757
1399 - 1482
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 758
200 - 276
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 759
1380 - 1459
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 760
1474 - 1539
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 761
Among noblemen born in Italy, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany ranks 17. Before him are Gaius Caesar (-20), Gian Galeazzo Sforza (1469), Joanna I of Naples (1326), Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (1360), Maria Goretti (1890), and Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444). After him are Isabella d'Este (1474), Beatrice d'Este (1475), Maximilian Sforza (1493), Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476), Marie Joséphine of Savoy (1753), and Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia (1474).
20 BC - 4
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 11
1469 - 1494
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 12
1326 - 1382
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 13
1360 - 1429
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 14
1890 - 1902
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 15
1444 - 1476
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 16
1590 - 1621
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 17
1474 - 1539
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 18
1475 - 1497
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 19
1493 - 1530
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 20
1476 - 1534
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 21
1753 - 1810
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 22
1474 - 1497
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 23