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Gracia Mendes Nasi

1510 - 1569

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Gracia Mendes Nasi (20 June 1510 – 3 November 1569), also known as Doña Gracia or La Señora (The Lady), was a Portuguese philanthropist, businesswoman, and one of the wealthiest Jewish women of Renaissance Europe. She married Francisco Mendes (Hebrew name: Tsemach Benveniste). She was the maternal aunt and business partner of João Micas (alias, Hebrew name Joseph Nasi), who became a prominent figure in the politics of the Ottoman Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gracia Mendes Nasi has received more than 209,076 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Gracia Mendes Nasi is the 3,958th most popular politician (down from 3,864th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Portugal (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 53rd most popular Portuguese Politician.

Gracia Mendes Nasi was a Jewish woman who was a successful merchant in the 16th century. She was also a philanthropist and worked to protect the Jews of Portugal.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gracia Mendes Nasi ranks 3,958 out of 15,577Before her are Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, Archduke Joseph August of Austria, Heracles of Macedon, Lycurgus of Athens, and Sigebert II. After her are Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria, Mengu-Timur, Emperor Ankō, Ibbi-Sin, and Íñigo Arista of Pamplona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Gracia Mendes Nasi ranks 9Before her are Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Renée of France, Aloysius Lilius, Jacopo Bassano, Mikael Agricola, and Gonzalo Pizarro. After her are François Clouet, Elena Glinskaya, Túpac Huallpa, Francisco Vázquez de Coronado, Oda Nobuhide, and Jacob Clemens non Papa. Among people deceased in 1569, Gracia Mendes Nasi ranks 4Before her are Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Louis, Prince of Condé, and John of Ávila. After her are Maria Temryukovna, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Gerolama Orsini, Aben Humeya, Mikołaj Rej, António Ferreira, Catherine Carey, and Philibert, Margrave of Baden-Baden.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Gracia Mendes Nasi ranks 91 out of 555Before her are Maria Isabel of Braganza (1797), Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), António Lobo Antunes (1942), Luís Figo (1972), Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080), and António, Prior of Crato (1531). After her are Pêro da Covilhã (1450), Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504), Jorge Jesus (1954), Antonio Damasio (1944), Berengaria of Portugal (1198), and Eleanor of Viseu (1458).

Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Gracia Mendes Nasi ranks 53Before her are António de Spínola (1910), Francisco de Almeida (1450), Beatrice of Portugal (1373), António Lobo Antunes (1942), Theresa, Countess of Portugal (1080), and António, Prior of Crato (1531). After her are Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504), Eleanor of Viseu (1458), Wamba (630), Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal (1186), Óscar Carmona (1869), and Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira (1793).