Eleanor Of Aquitaine

Eleanor Of Aquitaine

female, deceased (1204)
Duchess of Aquitaine, Patron of literature, French, Occitan nobility, Count of Poitiers, john…Countess of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Poitou, Regents of England
Eleanor of Aquitaine, Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony and Countess of Poitou (1122 – April 1 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful wo...
Alfred The Great

Alfred The Great

male, deceased (899)
Patron of literature, From wantage, Patronsofliterature, From Oxfordshire, From berkshire, anglo-saxon…King of the West Saxons, king of england, king of the English, King of the Anglo-Saxon
Alfred (also "Ælfred" from the Old English: "Ælfrēd" //) (c. 849 - 26 October 899) was king of the southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871...
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

male, deceased (1250)
Sicilian-German, from the Province of Ancona, literate, Literacy, Patron of literature, skeptic…King of Cyprus, King of Jerusalem, King of Burgundy, King of Sicily, Duke of Swabia
Frederick II (December 26, 1194 - December 13, 1250), of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was a pretender to the title of King of the Romans from 1212 and...
Gaius Maecenas

Gaius Maecenas

male
Golden Age Latin author, Roman urban prefects, Patron of literature, Gaius Cilnius Maecenas, Patronsofliterature, Roman equites…Roman era inhabitants of Italy
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas (70 - 8 BC) was a confidant and political advisor to Octavian (who was to become the first Emperor of Rome as Caesar...

Maria de Ventadorn

female, deceased (1222)
Biographies des Troubadour, medieval France, Patron of literature, trobairitz, Occitan poet, French nobility…Patronsofliterature, Monk of Montaudon, Raymond II of Turenne
Maria de Ventadorn was a patron of troubadour poetry at the end of the 12th century. Maria was one of "las tres de Torena", "the three of Turenne",...
Constantine VII

Constantine VII

male, deceased (959)
Patron of literature, porphyry, Macedonian dynasty, De Ceremoniis, Byzantine writer, Alexander…Patronsofliterature, Alexander of Byzantium
Constantine VII "Porphyrogennetos" or "Porphyrogenitus", "the Purple-born", (Constantinople, September 905 - November 9, 959 in Constantinople) was...
Lorenzo De' Medici

Lorenzo De' Medici

male, deceased (1492)
lorenzo the magnificent, Italian Renaissance humanist, Patron of literature, House of Medici, From florence, Italian Renaissance…Ruler of Florence, Patronsofliterature
Lorenzo de' Medici (January 1, 1449 - 9 April, 1492) was an Italian statesman and ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance....
Palla Strozzi

Palla Strozzi

male, deceased (1472)
banker, Patron of literature, politician, philosopher, Philologist, ramkesh…Patronsofliterature
Palla di Onorio Strozzi (1372 - May 8, 1472) was an Italian banker, politician, literate, philosopher and philologist.
Ermengarde Of Narbonne

Ermengarde Of Narbonne

female, 889 years old
Ermengarda, medieval France, Patron of literature, Occitan nobility, Occitan, Viscount of Narbonne…Patronsofliterature, viscountess of Narbonne, Aimery II of Narbonne
Ermengarde (from her Occitan name: Ermengarda was viscountess of Narbonne from 1134 to 1192. She was the daughter of Aimery II of Narbonne and his...
Pietro Riario

Pietro Riario

male, deceased (1474)
Cardinal-nephew, from the Province of Savona, Patron of literature, from Liguria, diplomat, Patronsofliterature
Pietro Riario (1447 - January 3 1474), was an Italian cardinal and Papal diplomat.