1490 - 1547
Vittoria Colonna (April 1492 – 25 February 1547), marchioness of Pescara, was an Italian noblewoman and poet. As an educated, married noblewoman whose husband was in captivity, Colonna was able to develop relationships within the intellectual circles of Ischia and Naples. Her early poetry began to attract attention in the late 1510s and she ultimately became one of the most popular poets of 16th-century Italy. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vittoria Colonna has received more than 306,609 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Vittoria Colonna is the 970th most popular writer (down from 723rd in 2019), the 1,099th most popular biography from Italy (down from 848th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Italian Writer.
Vittoria Colonna was a poet, author, and patron of the arts. She was the daughter of Fabrizio Colonna, Duke of Paliano, and his wife, Lucrezia d'Alagno. She married Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua, but they had no children.
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Among writers, Vittoria Colonna ranks 970 out of 5,755. Before her are Edogawa Ranpo, Gnaeus Naevius, Stephen Crane, James Brendan Connolly, Donna Leon, and Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen. After her are Paulinus of Nola, Henry Fielding, Danilo Kiš, Daniel Keyes, Zeami Motokiyo, and Persius.
1894 - 1965
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 964
275 BC - 201 BC
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 965
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 966
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 967
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 968
1622 - 1676
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 969
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 970
354 - 431
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 971
1707 - 1754
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 972
1935 - 1989
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 973
1927 - 2014
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 974
1363 - 1443
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 975
34 - 62
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 976
Among people born in 1490, Vittoria Colonna ranks 8. Before her are Albert, Duke of Prussia, Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Adrian Willaert, Olaus Magnus, Huáscar, and Albert of Brandenburg. After her are Ebussuud Efendi, Florian Geyer, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Françoise d'Alençon, and John III, Duke of Cleves. Among people deceased in 1547, Vittoria Colonna ranks 10. Before her are Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Sebastiano del Piombo, Pietro Bembo, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, and Saint Cajetan. After her are Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Philippa of Guelders, Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg, Jacopo Sadoleto, and Perino del Vaga.
1490 - 1568
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 2
1490 - 1527
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 3
1490 - 1562
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 4
1490 - 1557
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 5
1490 - 1533
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 6
1490 - 1545
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 7
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 8
1490 - 1574
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 9
1490 - 1525
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 10
1490 - 1573
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 11
1490 - 1538
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 12
1490 - 1550
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 13
1490 - 1539
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 14
1503 - 1547
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 4
1485 - 1547
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 5
1470 - 1547
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 6
1467 - 1547
HPI: 62.29
Rank: 7
1503 - 1547
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 8
1480 - 1547
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 9
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 10
1472 - 1547
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 11
1516 - 1547
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 12
1464 - 1547
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 13
1486 - 1547
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 14
1477 - 1547
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 15
1501 - 1547
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 16
Among people born in Italy, Vittoria Colonna ranks 1,099 out of 4,668. Before her are Totò (1898), Francesco Primaticcio (1504), Bartolus de Saxoferrato (1313), Giuliano da Sangallo (1445), Juliana of Nicomedia (285), and Gnaeus Naevius (-275). After her are Filippo Maria Visconti (1392), Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (1663), Felice Beato (1832), Sebastiano Venier (1496), Eleonora Duse (1858), and Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1882).
1898 - 1967
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 1,093
1504 - 1570
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 1,094
1313 - 1357
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 1,095
1445 - 1516
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 1,096
285 - 304
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 1,097
275 BC - 201 BC
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 1,098
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 1,099
1392 - 1447
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 1,100
1663 - 1713
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 1,101
1832 - 1909
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 1,102
1496 - 1578
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 1,103
1858 - 1924
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 1,104
1882 - 1945
HPI: 61.21
Rank: 1,105
Among writers born in Italy, Vittoria Colonna ranks 78. Before her are Ibycus (-600), Gerard of Cremona (1114), Gaius Lucilius (-180), Rustichello da Pisa (1290), Quintus Tullius Cicero (-102), and Gnaeus Naevius (-275). After her are Persius (34), Lucius Accius (-170), Elsa Morante (1912), Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), and Veronica Franco (1546).
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 72
1114 - 1187
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 73
180 BC - 102 BC
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 74
1290 - 1400
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 75
102 BC - 43 BC
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 76
275 BC - 201 BC
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 77
1490 - 1547
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 78
34 - 62
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 79
170 BC - 84 BC
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 80
1912 - 1985
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 81
45 - 95
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 82
110 BC - 32 BC
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 83
1546 - 1591
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 84