RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle

1517 - 1586

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Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle (20 August 1517 – 21 September 1586), Comte de La Baume Saint Amour, typically known as Cardinal Granvelle in English, was a Burgundian statesman, made a cardinal, who followed his father as a leading minister of the Spanish Habsburgs, and was one of the most influential European politicians during the time which immediately followed the appearance of Protestantism in Europe; "the dominating Imperial statesman of the whole century". He was also a notable art collector, the "greatest private collector of his time, the friend and patron of Titian and Leoni and many other artists". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle is the 1,055th most popular religious figure (down from 915th in 2019), the 1,456th most popular biography from France (down from 1,361st in 2019) and the 72nd most popular French Religious Figure.

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle was a French cardinal and statesman. He is most famous for being the chief minister of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1559 until his death in 1586.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle ranks 1,055 out of 3,187. Before him are Priscillian, Ngô Đình Thục, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Nirmala Joshi, Tatiana of Rome, and Saint Susanna. After him are Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Thaïs, Arnold Janssen, Thibaud Gaudin, Saint Marcella, and Saint Chrysogonus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1517, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle ranks 6. Before him are Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Emperor Ōgimachi, Gotthard Kettler, Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, and Gioseffo Zarlino. After him are Francis I, Duke of Lorraine, Rembert Dodoens, Li Shizhen, Pierre Belon, Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort, and Jacques Pelletier du Mans. Among people deceased in 1586, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle ranks 8. Before him are Margaret of Parma, Lucas Cranach the Younger, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Primož Trubar, and Augustus, Elector of Saxony. After him are Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Birbal, Luis de Morales, Philip Sidney, Joachim Ernest, Prince of Anhalt, and Ignazio Danti.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle ranks 1,456 out of 6,770. Before him are François Pinault (1936), Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311), Guillaume de Nogaret (1260), Anne Parillaud (1960), Paul-Jacques Curie (1855), and Bernard of Italy (797). After him are Jean Tirole (1953), Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1774), Pierre Larousse (1817), Francis II, Duke of Brittany (1435), Blaise de Vigenère (1523), and Ernest Meissonier (1815).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle ranks 72. Before him are John of Matha (1150), Sebastian Castellio (1515), Benedict of Aniane (750), Amandus (600), Arnulf of Metz (582), and Medardus (470). After him are Thibaud Gaudin (1229), Adalbert of Magdeburg (910), Eugène Tisserant (1884), Jacques Paul Migne (1800), La Voisin (1640), and Alberic of Cîteaux (1001).

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