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Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara

1545 - 1561

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Lucrezia de' Medici (14 February 1545 – 21 April 1561) was a member of the House of Medici and by marriage Duchess consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio from 1558 to 1561. Married to the intended husband of her elder sister Maria, who died young, her marriage was short and unhappy. The Duchess died of pulmonary tuberculosis, but almost immediately after her death there were rumors that she had been poisoned on the orders of her husband. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara has received more than 576,216 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara is the 279th most popular nobleman (up from 419th in 2019), the 1,410th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,753rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Italian Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara ranks 279 out of 1,415. Before her are Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia, Lady Sarah Chatto, Marina Mniszech, Isabella of England, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg. After her are Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, Stephen, Count of Blois, John I, Count of La Marche, Otto I, Count of Burgundy, and John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1545, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara ranks 7. Before her are Yi Sun-sin, Elisabeth of Valois, Túpac Amaru, Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley. After her are Azai Nagamasa, Anna of Sweden, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, Guidobaldo del Monte, and Luzzasco Luzzaschi. Among people deceased in 1561, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara ranks 7. Before her are Şehzade Bayezid, Rüstem Pasha, Gülfem Hatun, Menno Simons, Lope de Aguirre, and Bairam Khan. After her are Matteo Bandello, Claude Garamond, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, Sayri Túpac, Jan Tarnowski, and Luis de Milán.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara ranks 1,410 out of 5,161. Before her are Cornelia (-97), Norberto Bobbio (1909), Giovanni Sforza (1466), Arsenius the Great (354), Giovanni Bononcini (1670), and Mario Bava (1914). After her are Amadeus II, Count of Savoy (1050), Giuliano Amato (1938), Marco Ferreri (1928), Antipope Honorius II (1010), Giuseppina Strepponi (1815), and Prince Henry of Battenberg (1858).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Italy

Among noblemen born in Italy, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara ranks 36. Before her are Mathilde Bonaparte (1820), Archduke John of Austria (1782), Beatrice d'Este (1475), Alfonso II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1533), Anna d'Este (1531), and Frederick IV, Duke of Austria (1382). After her are Otto, Count of Savoy (1023), Maria Beatrice of Savoy (1792), Rinaldo d'Este (1655), Humbert III, Count of Savoy (1136), Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma (1679), and Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona (1775).

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