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Charles, Duke of Mayenne

1554 - 1611

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Charles de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne (26 March 1554 –3 October 1611) was a French noble, governor, military commander and rebel during the latter French Wars of Religion. Born in 1554, the second son of François de Lorraine, duke of Guise and Anne d'Este, Mayenne inherited his fathers' position of Grand Chambellan in 1563 upon his death. He fought at the siege of Poitiers for the crown in 1569, and crusaded against the Ottomans in 1572. He served under the command of the king's brother Anjou during the siege of La Rochelle in the fourth war of religion, during which he was wounded. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles, Duke of Mayenne is the 5,382nd most popular politician (down from 5,023rd in 2019), the 1,544th most popular biography from France (down from 1,531st in 2019) and the 373rd most popular French Politician.

Charles, Duke of Mayenne, was a French nobleman who served as a military leader during the French Wars of Religion. He was the son of Anne de Montmorency and a younger brother of the Constable of France, Anne de Montmorency.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles, Duke of Mayenne ranks 5,382 out of 19,576. Before him are Giovanni il Popolano, False Dmitry II, Louis II, Elector of Brandenburg, Charles-Michel de l'Épée, Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg, and Anna of Saxony. After him are Yamato Takeru, Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, Apil-Sin, and Alfonso IV of León.

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Among people born in 1554, Charles, Duke of Mayenne ranks 6. Before him are Pope Gregory XV, Sebastian of Portugal, Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Walter Raleigh, and Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia. After him are Marietta Robusti, Philip William, Prince of Orange, Bálint Balassi, Philip Sidney, Ernest of Bavaria, and Wakisaka Yasuharu. Among people deceased in 1611, Charles, Duke of Mayenne ranks 8. Before him are Tomás Luis de Victoria, Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain, Henry Hudson, Eleanor de' Medici, Katō Kiyomasa, and Bartholomeus Spranger. After him are Antonio Possevino, Christian II, Elector of Saxony, Sanada Masayuki, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Kuyucu Murad Pasha, and Princess Sophia of Sweden.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles, Duke of Mayenne ranks 1,544 out of 6,770. Before him are Eugène Tisserant (1884), Fernand Cormon (1845), Jean Clouet (1480), Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476), Louis Marchand (1669), and Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712). After him are Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (1524), Bertrand Tavernier (1941), Maria of Montpellier (1182), Fulk III, Count of Anjou (970), Jacques Paul Migne (1800), and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles, Duke of Mayenne ranks 373. Before him are William I, Duke of Aquitaine (875), Marie de Rohan (1600), François Louis, Prince of Conti (1664), Victor, Prince Napoléon (1862), Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), and Charles-Michel de l'Épée (1712). After him are Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (1524), Maria of Montpellier (1182), Sextus Afranius Burrus (1), Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692), Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609), and Alain Juppé (1945).

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