Baldassare Castiglione, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Baldassare Castiglione

Italian Renaissance author (1478-1529)

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1478

Place of Birth: Marcaria, Lombardy, Italy

Date of Death: 08-Feb-1529

Profession: writer, poet, diplomat

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Baldassare Castiglione (Italian: [baldas'sa?re kasti?'?o?ne]; December 6, 1478 – February 2, 1529), count of Casatico, was an Italian courtier, diplomat, soldier and a prominent Renaissance author, who is probably most famous for his authorship of Il Cortegiano or The Book of the Courtier.
The work was an example of a courtesy book, dealing with questions of the etiquette and morality of the courtier, and was very influential in 16th-century European court circles.



Alternative names	Raffaello Santi, Raffaello de Urbino, Rafael Sanzio de Urbino, Raffael
Description	painter and architect
Date of birth/death	6 April 1483	6 April 1520
Location of birth/death	Urbino	Rome
Work location	Florence, Rome, Perugia
Authority control	: Q5597 VIAF: 64055977 ISNI: 0000 0001 2136 483X ULAN: 500023578 LCCN: n79041756 NLA: 35442294 WorldCat