Eleanora or Eleonora may refer to:
People
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Eleanora (name)
Eleanora or Eleonora is a female given name, a variant of the name Eleanor.
Notable people with the name include:
* Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken (1626–1692), Swedish princess
* Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga (1686–1741), Duc ...
* Eleonora, three 17th century
Swedish queens consort
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Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken (1626–1692), Swedish princess
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Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga (1686–1741), Duchess of Rovere and Montefeltro as the wife of Francesco Maria de' Medici
* Eleonora, Princess of Ligne (born 1953), wife of
Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne
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Eleanora Atherton
Eleanora Atherton (14 February 1782 – 12 September 1870) was an English philanthropist best known for her work in Manchester, England. At the time of her death, she was one of the richest British women in the nineteenth century.
Life
Atherto ...
(1782–1870), English philanthropist
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Eleonora Chiavarelli
Eleonora Chiavarelli (1915 – 18 July 2010) was an Italian woman who was the spouse of Aldo Moro, a politician who was kidnapped and murdered in 1978.
Biography
Chiavarelli was born in 1915 in Montemarciano. Her father was a physician. During ...
(1915–2010), wife of murdered Italian politician Aldo Moro
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Eleonora Duse
Eleonora Giulia Amalia Duse ( , ; 3 October 185821 April 1924), often known simply as Duse, was an Italian actress, rated by many as the greatest of her time. She performed in many countries, notably in the plays of Gabriele D'Annunzio and Henr ...
(1858–1924), Italian actress, often known simply as Duse
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Eleonora Dziękiewicz
Eleonora Dziękiewicz (née Staniszewska) (born 25 October 1978) is a Polish volleyball player, a member of Poland women's national volleyball team and Polish club Tauron MKS Dąbrowa Górnicza, bronze medalist of European Championship 2009, ...
(born 1978), Polish volleyball player
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Eleonora Ehrenbergová
Eleonora Ehrenbergová or Eleonora Gayerová z Ehrenbergů () (1 November 1832 in Modrá Hůrka – 30 August 1912 in Ondřejov) was a Czech operatic soprano.
Career
In 1854 she made her professional opera debut at the Estates Theatre in the ...
(1832–1912), Czech operatic soprano
* Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959), birth name of American jazz singer
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made significant contributions to jazz music and pop ...
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Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
Ulrika Eleonora or Ulrica Eleanor (23 January 1688 – 24 November 1741), also known as Ulrika Eleonora the Younger, was Queen of Sweden from 5 December 1718 until her abdication on 29 February 1720 in favour of Frederick, her husband. Upon h ...
(1688–1741), Queen of Sweden
Other uses
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"Eleonora" (short story), by Edgar Allan Poe
* Eleanora, principal woman's role in Strindberg's 1901 play ''
Easter
Easter, also called Pascha ( Aramaic: פַּסְחָא , ''paskha''; Greek: πάσχα, ''páskha'') or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in t ...
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* "Eleanora", a popular song recorded by
Percy Faith
Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian–American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of instrumental ballads and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizin ...
* , a 1973 television miniseries directed by Silverio Blasi, with music by
Bruno Nicolai
Bruno Nicolai (20 May 1926 – 16 August 1991) was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director, conductor, pianist and musical editor, most active in the 1960s through the 1980s.
While studying piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia ...
See also
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Eleonora's falcon
Eleonora's falcon (''Falco eleonorae'') is a medium-sized falcon. It belongs to the hobby group, a rather close-knit number of similar falcons often considered a subgenus ''Hypotriorchis''. The sooty falcon is sometimes considered its closest rel ...
(''Falco eleonorae''), a medium-sized falcon, belonging to the hobby group
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Eleanor
Eleanor () is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name ''Aliénor''. It was the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages">Provençal dialect ...
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Italian feminine given names
Feminine given names