1522 - 1586
Margaret of Parma (Italian: Margherita di Parma; 5 July 1522 – 18 January 1586) was Governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567 and from 1578 to 1582. She was the illegitimate daughter of the then 22-year-old Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Johanna Maria van der Gheynst. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Margaret of Parma has received more than 272,713 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Margaret of Parma is the 954th most popular politician (up from 1,156th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 49th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Belgian Politician.
Margaret of Parma was the daughter of Emperor Charles V and the sister of King Philip II of Spain. She was the governor of the Netherlands from 1559 to 1567, and she is most famous for her attempts to suppress the Protestant Reformation in the Netherlands.
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Among politicians, Margaret of Parma ranks 954 out of 15,577. Before her are Nikolai Bukharin, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Ptolemy XII Auletes, Onan, Mausolus, and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor. After her are Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Philip III of Macedon, Andrew Johnson, Sauli Niinistö, Emperor Yao, and George Marshall.
1888 - 1938
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 948
1869 - 1939
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 949
117 BC - 51 BC
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 950
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 951
410 BC - 353 BC
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 952
955 - 983
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 953
1522 - 1586
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 954
1920 - 2020
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 955
359 BC - 317 BC
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 956
1808 - 1875
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 957
1948 - Present
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 958
2324 BC - 2206 BC
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 959
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 960
Among people born in 1522, Margaret of Parma ranks 3. Before her are Mihrimah Sultan and Şehzade Mehmed. After her are Lodovico Ferrari, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Ulisse Aldrovandi, Eleanor of Toledo, Sen no Rikyū, Joachim du Bellay, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans, and Moses ben Jacob Cordovero. Among people deceased in 1586, Margaret of Parma ranks 2. Before her is Stephen Báthory. After her are Lucas Cranach the Younger, Augustus, Elector of Saxony, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, Primož Trubar, Luis de Morales, Philip Sidney, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, and Birbal.
1522 - 1578
HPI: 79.52
Rank: 1
1522 - 1543
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 2
1522 - 1586
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 3
1522 - 1565
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 4
1522 - 1568
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 5
1522 - 1605
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 6
1522 - 1562
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 7
1522 - 1591
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 8
1522 - 1560
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 9
1522 - 1592
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 10
1522 - 1545
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 11
1522 - 1570
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 12
1533 - 1586
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 1
1522 - 1586
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 2
1515 - 1586
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 3
1526 - 1586
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 4
1524 - 1586
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 5
1526 - 1586
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 6
1517 - 1586
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 7
1508 - 1586
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 8
1509 - 1586
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 9
1554 - 1586
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 10
1536 - 1586
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 11
1528 - 1586
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 12
Among people born in Belgium, Margaret of Parma ranks 39 out of 1,019. Before her are William III of the Netherlands (1817), Hergé (1907), Eleanor of Austria (1498), Pepin of Herstal (635), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), and Victor Horta (1861). After her are Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Eddy Merckx (1945), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Abraham Ortelius (1527), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), and Carlota of Mexico (1840).
1817 - 1890
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 33
1907 - 1983
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 34
1498 - 1558
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 35
635 - 714
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 36
1564 - 1636
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 37
1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 38
1522 - 1586
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 39
1864 - 1945
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 40
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 41
1568 - 1625
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 42
1527 - 1598
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 43
1397 - 1474
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 44
1840 - 1927
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 45
Among politicians born in Belgium, Margaret of Parma ranks 18. Before her are Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Mary of Hungary (1505), Baudouin of Belgium (1930), William III of the Netherlands (1817), Eleanor of Austria (1498), and Pepin of Herstal (635). After her are Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Samo (600), Léon Degrelle (1906), Herman Van Rompuy (1947), Ambiorix (-100), and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927).
1697 - 1745
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 12
1505 - 1558
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 13
1930 - 1993
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 14
1817 - 1890
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 15
1498 - 1558
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 16
635 - 714
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 17
1522 - 1586
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 18
1864 - 1945
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 19
600 - 658
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 20
1906 - 1994
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 21
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 22
100 BC - 53 BC
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 23
1927 - 2005
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 24