Portia

heroine of William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Person fictional_human Q7231797
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Portia

Summary

Portia is a fictional human[1]. She draws 958 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #758 of 5,308).[2]

Key Facts

  • Portia held citizenship in Venice[3].
  • Portia is the creator of William Shakespeare[4].
  • Portia is recorded as female[5].
  • Portia's instance of is recorded as fictional human[6].
  • Portia's instance of is recorded as theatrical character[7].
  • Portia's instance of is recorded as film character[8].
  • Portia's instance of is recorded as operatic character[9].
  • Portia was performed by Lynn Collins[10].
  • Among the performers on Portia was Joan Plowright[11].
  • Among the performers on Portia was Sybil Thorndike[12].
  • Among the performers on Portia was Claire Bloom[13].
  • Among the performers on Portia was Caroline John[14].
  • Portia was performed by Maggie Smith[15].
  • Among the performers on Portia was Gemma Jones[16].
  • Portia was performed by Sarah Siddons[17].
  • Portia was performed by Frances Abington[18].
  • Among the performers on Portia was Elizabeth Whitlock[19].
  • Among the performers on Portia was Henny Porten[20].
  • Portia was performed by Derbhle Crotty[21].
  • Portia's Commons category is recorded as Portia (The Merchant of Venice)[22].
  • Portia's unmarried partner is recorded as Bassanio[23].
  • Portia's said to be the same as is recorded as Portia[24].
  • Portia's given name is recorded as Porttia[25].
  • Portia's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[26].
  • Portia's present in work is recorded as The Merchant of Venice[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Portia is the creator of William Shakespeare[4]. Things named for her include she[28], a moon of Uranus[29].

Why It Matters

Portia draws 958 Wikipedia views per month (fictional_human category, ranking #758 of 5,308).[2]

Entities named for her include she[28], a moon of Uranus[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases
    Citizenship
    Given name Porttia
    First appearance The Merchant of Venice
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007590644105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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