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Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy

1480 - 1530

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Margaret of Austria (German: Margarete; French: Marguerite; Dutch: Margaretha; Spanish: Margarita; 10 January 1480 – 1 December 1530) was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 until her death in 1530. She was the first of many female regents in the Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy has received more than 597,318 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy is the 717th most popular politician (down from 641st in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Belgian Politician.

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy is most famous for being the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy ranks 717 out of 19,576Before her are Smenkhkare, Wang Mang, Leo III the Isaurian, John Zápolya, Stefan Dušan, and Yitzhak Shamir. After her are Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Sigismund II Augustus, Pedro I of Brazil, Peter I of Serbia, Ion Antonescu, and Jair Bolsonaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy ranks 3Before her are Ferdinand Magellan, and Lucrezia Borgia. After her are Matthias Grünewald, Albrecht Altdorfer, Johann Georg Faust, Lorenzo Lotto, Joachim Patinir, Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, Saint Cajetan, Götz von Berlichingen, and Palma Vecchio. Among people deceased in 1530, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy ranks 2Before her is Babur. After her are Andrea del Sarto, Quentin Matsys, Thomas Wolsey, Maximilian Sforza, Joanna la Beltraneja, Konstanty Ostrogski, Judah Leon Abravanel, Luis Ramírez de Lucena, Jacopo Sannazaro, and Pêro da Covilhã.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy ranks 28 out of 1,190Before her are Agnès Varda (1928), Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960), Rogier van der Weyden (1390), Albert I of Belgium (1875), Samo (600), and Baudouin of Belgium (1930). After her are William III of the Netherlands (1817), Mary of Hungary (1505), Georges Lemaître (1894), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Eddy Merckx (1945), and Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564).

Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy ranks 13Before her are Philip I of Castile (1478), Albert II of Belgium (1934), Mary of Burgundy (1457), Albert I of Belgium (1875), Samo (600), and Baudouin of Belgium (1930). After her are William III of the Netherlands (1817), Mary of Hungary (1505), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Eleanor of Austria (1498), Pepin of Herstal (635), and Margaret of Parma (1522).