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Antoine de la Sale

1388 - 1462

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Antoine de la Sale (also la Salle, de Lasalle; 1385/86 – 1460/61) was a French courtier, educator and writer. He participated in a number of military campaigns in his youth and he only began writing when he had reached middle age, in the late 1430s. He lived in Italy at the time, but returned to France in the 1440s, where he acted as umpire in tournaments, and he wrote a treatise on the history of the knightly tournament in 1459. He became the tutor of the sons of Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, to whom he dedicated a moral work in 1451. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine de la Sale is the 3,581st most popular writer (down from 3,174th in 2019), the 3,620th most popular biography from France (down from 3,299th in 2019) and the 462nd most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Antoine de la Sale ranks 3,581 out of 7,302. Before him are Yuri Rytkheu, Thomas Corneille, Musine Kokalari, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Dorothea Viehmann, and E. W. Hornung. After him are Torgny Lindgren, Teofilo Folengo, Ozaki Kōyō, Titus Quinctius Atta, Augusto Monterroso, and Arthur Waley.

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Among people born in 1388, Antoine de la Sale ranks 8. Before him are Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, Flavio Biondo, Gian Maria Visconti, Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg, Dai Jin, and Charlotte of Bourbon, Queen of Cyprus.  Among people deceased in 1462, Antoine de la Sale ranks 5. Before him are Vasily II of Moscow, Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Anne of Cyprus, and Dai Jin. After him is Pasquale Malipiero.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine de la Sale ranks 3,620 out of 6,770. Before him are Émile Fayolle (1852), Indila (1984), Bruno Nuytten (1945), Thomas Corneille (1625), Ferdinand Sarrien (1840), and Louis Bourdaloue (1632). After him are Gaucelm Faidit (1170), Charles de Bonchamps (1760), Tignous (1957), Jean-Marie Duhamel (1797), Brigitte Fontaine (1939), and Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix (1718).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Antoine de la Sale ranks 462. Before him are Édouard Drumont (1844), Max Gallo (1932), Roger Vailland (1907), Claudius Salmasius (1588), Charles Simon Favart (1710), and Thomas Corneille (1625). After him are Henry Becque (1837), Ferdinand Brunetière (1849), Claude Bourgelat (1712), Jean Rotrou (1609), Alain Chartier (1392), and Claude Favre de Vaugelas (1585).

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