1531 - 1591
Vespasiano I Gonzaga, Duke of Sabbioneta (6 December 1531 – 26 February 1591) was an Italian nobleman, diplomat, writer, military engineer and condottiero. He is remembered as a patron of the arts and the founder of Sabbioneta, a town in Lombardy designed according to the Renaissance principles of the "ideal city". He was born in Fondi, a Colonna fief in the southern Latium, the son of Isabella Colonna and the condottiero Louis Gonzaga, lord of Palazzolo, a member of a cadet branch of the House of Gonzaga, Dukes of Mantua. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vespasiano I Gonzaga has received more than 34,855 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Vespasiano I Gonzaga is the 732nd most popular nobleman (down from 428th in 2019), the 2,439th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,834th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Italian Nobleman.
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Among noblemen, Vespasiano I Gonzaga ranks 732 out of 842. Before him are Bernhard von Spanheim, John Paul Getty III, Hanako, Princess Hitachi, Adolf III of the Marck, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, and Conrad I, Duke of Swabia. After him are Lady Katherine Grey, Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Charlotte von Stein, and Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria.
1180 - 1256
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 726
1956 - 2011
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 727
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 728
1334 - 1394
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 729
1726 - 1754
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 730
915 - 997
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 731
1531 - 1591
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 732
1540 - 1568
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 733
1939 - 2011
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 734
1758 - 1822
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 735
1358 - 1434
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 736
1742 - 1827
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 737
1616 - 1676
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 738
Among people born in 1531, Vespasiano I Gonzaga ranks 9. Before him are António, Prior of Crato, Anna d'Este, Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Alonso Sánchez Coello, James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray, and Bernardo Buontalenti. Among people deceased in 1591, Vespasiano I Gonzaga ranks 13. Before him are Sen no Rikyū, Veronica Franco, Jacobus Gallus, Christian I, Elector of Saxony, Luis de León, and Jost Amman. After him are Anna of Hesse and Anna Sophia of Prussia.
1531 - 1595
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 3
1531 - 1607
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 4
1531 - 1581
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 5
1531 - 1588
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 6
1531 - 1570
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 7
1531 - 1608
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 8
1531 - 1591
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 9
1522 - 1591
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 7
1546 - 1591
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 8
1550 - 1591
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 9
1560 - 1591
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 10
1527 - 1591
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 11
1539 - 1591
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 12
1531 - 1591
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 13
1529 - 1591
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 14
1527 - 1591
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 15
Among people born in Italy, Vespasiano I Gonzaga ranks 2,439 out of 4,668. Before him are Cesare Siepi (1923), Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este (1726), Lanza del Vasto (1901), Publius Sulpicius Rufus (-124), Camillo Ruini (1931), and Antonio Barberini (1607). After him are Mauro Piacenza (1944), Alexander of Bergamo (201), Agostino Depretis (1813), Taddeo Zuccari (1529), Publius Rutilius Rufus (-158), and Alessandro Blasetti (1900).
1923 - 2010
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 2,433
1726 - 1754
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 2,434
1901 - 1981
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 2,435
124 BC - 88 BC
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 2,436
1931 - Present
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 2,437
1607 - 1671
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 2,438
1531 - 1591
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 2,439
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 2,440
201 - 303
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 2,441
1813 - 1887
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,442
1529 - 1566
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,443
158 BC - 78 BC
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 2,444
1900 - 1987
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 2,445
Among noblemen born in Italy, Vespasiano I Gonzaga ranks 77. Before him are Archduke Karl of Austria-Este (1785), Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma (1635), Princess Maria Theresa of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1870), Sikelgaita (1040), Lucrezia Barberini (1628), and Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este (1726). After him are Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria (1616), Maria Fortunata d'Este (1731), Matteo II Visconti (1319), Castruccio Castracani (1281), Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1817), and Melus of Bari (1000).
1785 - 1809
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 71
1635 - 1666
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 72
1870 - 1935
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 73
1040 - 1090
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 74
1628 - 1699
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 75
1726 - 1754
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 76
1531 - 1591
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 77
1616 - 1676
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 78
1731 - 1803
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 79
1319 - 1355
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 80
1281 - 1328
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 81
1817 - 1886
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 82
1000 - 1020
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 83