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Eleanor of Toledo

1522 - 1562

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Eleanor of Toledo (Spanish: Leonor Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel-Osorio, Italian: Eleonora di Toledo; 11 January 1522 – 17 December 1562) was a Spanish noblewoman who became a Duchess of Florence as the first wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. A keen businesswoman, she financed many of her husband's political campaigns and important buildings like the Pitti Palace. She ruled as regent of Florence during his frequent absences: Eleanor ruled during Cosimo's military campaigns in Genoa in 1541 and 1543, his illness from 1544 to 1545, and again at times when the war for the conquest of Siena (1551–1554). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eleanor of Toledo has received more than 354,900 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Eleanor of Toledo is the 3,106th most popular politician (down from 2,562nd in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Spain (down from 234th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular Spanish Politician.

Eleanor of Toledo was a lady-in-waiting to the French queen, Catherine de Medici. She was also a patron of the arts and a major player in the Italian Renaissance.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Eleanor of Toledo ranks 3,106 out of 15,577. Before her are Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, Henri, Count of Paris, Ibrahim ibn al-Walid, Necho I, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, and Ieng Sary. After her are Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Algirdas Brazauskas, Tiberius III, Cylon of Athens, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, and Mauno Koivisto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1522, Eleanor of Toledo ranks 7. Before her are Mihrimah Sultan, Şehzade Mehmed, Margaret of Parma, Lodovico Ferrari, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, and Ulisse Aldrovandi. After her are Sen no Rikyū, Joachim du Bellay, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, Moses ben Jacob Cordovero, and Shibata Katsuie. Among people deceased in 1562, Eleanor of Toledo ranks 6. Before her are Antoine of Navarre, Lütfi Pasha, Adrian Willaert, Götz von Berlichingen, and Gabriele Falloppio. After her are Peter of Alcantara, Jan van Scorel, Francesco de' Rossi, Christoph Amberger, Peter Martyr Vermigli, and Claudin de Sermisy.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Eleanor of Toledo ranks 265 out of 2,932. Before her are Nachmanides (1194), Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836), Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609), Carles Puyol (1978), Eleanor of Castile (1241), and Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626). After her are Francis, Duke of Cádiz (1822), Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964), Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285), Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908), Ramiro I of Aragon (1008), and Vicente Aleixandre (1898).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Eleanor of Toledo ranks 93. Before her are Sancho IV of Castile (1258), Postumus (250), Alfonso III of Aragon (1265), Reccared I (510), Alfonso I of Asturias (693), and Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609). After her are Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285), Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia (1908), Ramiro I of Aragon (1008), Mariano Rajoy (1955), Liuvigild (525), and Sancho III of Castile (1134).

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