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Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine

1524 - 1574

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Charles de Lorraine (17 February 1524 – 26 December 1574), Duke of Chevreuse, was a French Cardinal, a member of the powerful House of Guise. He was known at first as the Cardinal of Guise, and then as the second Cardinal of Lorraine, after the death of his uncle, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1550). He was the protector of François Rabelais and Pierre de Ronsard and founded Reims University. He is sometimes known as the Cardinal de Lorraine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine is the 5,386th most popular politician (up from 6,095th in 2019), the 1,545th most popular biography from France (up from 1,839th in 2019) and the 374th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine ranks 5,386 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, Anna of Saxony, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Yamato Takeru, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland. After him are Apil-Sin, Alfonso IV of León, Tuman bay II, Maria of Montpellier, Nicomedes I of Bithynia, and Luigi Facta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1524, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine ranks 6. Before him are Selim II, Luís de Camões, Pierre de Ronsard, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg, and Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma. After him are Louise Labé, Joseph Nasi, Diego de Landa, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, François Hotman, and Plautilla Nelli. Among people deceased in 1574, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine ranks 10. Before him are Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Georg Joachim Rheticus, Renée of France, Bartolomeo Eustachi, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, and Maarten van Heemskerck. After him are Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé, Ebussuud Efendi, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Guru Amar Das, Louis of Nassau, and Damião de Góis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine ranks 1,545 out of 6,770. Before him are Fernand Cormon (1845), Jean Clouet (1480), Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476), Louis Marchand (1669), Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712), and Charles, Duke of Mayenne (1554). After him are Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Maria of Montpellier (1182), Fulk III, Count of Anjou (970), Jacques Paul Migne (1800), Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), and Emmanuel Todd (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine ranks 374. Before him are Marie de Rohan (1600), François Louis, Prince of Conti (1664), Victor, Prince Napoléon (1862), Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712), and Charles, Duke of Mayenne (1554). After him are Maria of Montpellier (1182), Sextus Afranius Burrus (1), Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692), Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609), Alain Juppé (1945), and Joseph Avenol (1879).

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