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Joseph Nasi

1524 - 1579

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Joseph Nasi (1524, Portugal – 1579, Constantinople), known in Portuguese as João Miques, was a Portuguese Sephardi diplomat and administrator, member of the House of Mendes/Benveniste, nephew of Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi, and an influential figure in the Ottoman Empire during the rules of both Sultan Suleiman I and his son Selim II. He was a great benefactor of the Jewish people. A court Jew, he was appointed lord of Tiberias, with the expressed aim of resettling Jews in Palestine and encouraging industry there; the attempt failed, and, later, he was appointed Duke of Naxos. Nasi also supported a war with the Republic of Venice, at the end of which Venice lost the island of Cyprus to the Ottomans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Nasi has received more than 158,449 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Nasi is the 4,559th most popular politician (up from 4,652nd in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Portugal (up from 112th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Portuguese Politician.

Joseph Nasi was a Jewish banker and diplomat from the Ottoman Empire. He was also a close friend of King Philip II of Spain. Nasi was most famous for his diplomatic efforts to help the Jews in the Ottoman Empire.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joseph Nasi ranks 4,559 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, Mohamed Bazoum, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, Tokugawa Ietsuna, and Tomiichi Murayama. After him are Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Sancho VII of Navarre, Li Qiang, Al-Mu'tadid, and Sancho II of Pamplona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1524, Joseph Nasi ranks 5. Before him are Selim II, Luís de Camões, Pierre de Ronsard, and Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma. After him are Diego de Landa, Louise Labé, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Rani Durgavati, François Hotman, and Plautilla Nelli. Among people deceased in 1579, Joseph Nasi ranks 3. Before him are Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, and Albert V, Duke of Bavaria. After him are Hans Staden, Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, Diego de Landa, Thomas Gresham, Ferenc Dávid, Vicente Juan Masip, Stanislaus Hosius, Simão Rodrigues, and Juan Fernández Navarrete.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Joseph Nasi ranks 103 out of 633. Before him are Fernão Mendes Pinto (1509), Isabel of Coimbra (1432), António, Prior of Crato (1531), Pedro Nunes (1502), Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal (1186), and José Maria de Eça de Queirós (1845). After him are Teófilo Braga (1843), Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914), Judah Leon Abravanel (1460), Eleanor of Viseu (1458), Ricardo Quaresma (1983), and Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1565).

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Among POLITICIANS In Portugal

Among politicians born in Portugal, Joseph Nasi ranks 58. Before him are Óscar Carmona (1869), Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy (1504), Aristides de Sousa Mendes (1885), Gracia Mendes Nasi (1510), António, Prior of Crato (1531), and Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal (1186). After him are Teófilo Braga (1843), Francisco da Costa Gomes (1914), Eleanor of Viseu (1458), João Manuel, Prince of Portugal (1537), Maria Teresa, Princess of Beira (1793), and António Ramalho Eanes (1935).

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