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Charles, Duke of Orléans

1394 - 1465

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Charles of Orléans (24 November 1394 – 5 January 1465) was Duke of Orléans from 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis I, Duke of Orléans. He was also Duke of Valois, Count of Beaumont-sur-Oise and of Blois, Lord of Coucy, and the inheritor of Asti in Italy via his mother Valentina Visconti. He is now remembered as an accomplished medieval poet, owing to the more than five hundred extant poems he produced, written in both French and English, during his 25 years spent as a prisoner of war and after his return to France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles, Duke of Orléans is the 469th most popular writer (up from 487th in 2019), the 549th most popular biography from France (up from 577th in 2019) and the 78th most popular French Writer.

Charles, Duke of Orléans, was the son of King Charles VI of France and his wife, Isabeau of Bavaria. He was born in 1403 and died in 1465. He was most famous for being captured by the English during the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and held prisoner for over a decade.

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Among writers, Charles, Duke of Orléans ranks 469 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Bernhard, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Harper Lee, Mahmoud Darwish, Eugene O'Neill, and Alessandro Manzoni. After him are Erich von Däniken, Tulsidas, Mo Yan, Françoise Sagan, Lactantius, and André Maurois.

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Among people born in 1394, Charles, Duke of Orléans ranks 4. Before him are Johannes Gutenberg, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Ulugh Beg. After him are James I of Scotland, Cymburgis of Masovia, Sidi Boushaki, Philippa of England, Ikkyū, Basil Valentine, Ashikaga Yoshinori, and Antonio Beccadelli. Among people deceased in 1465, Charles, Duke of Orléans ranks 1. After him are Thomas Palaiologos, Louis, Duke of Savoy, Joanot Martorell, Isabella of Bourbon, Isabella of Clermont, and Abd al-Haqq II.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles, Duke of Orléans ranks 549 out of 6,770. Before him are John Vianney (1786), André Frédéric Cournand (1895), Jacques Monod (1910), Allan Kardec (1804), Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1060), and André Michel Lwoff (1902). After him are Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768), Léon Blum (1872), Isabelle Huppert (1953), Eugène François Vidocq (1775), Maurice Béjart (1927), and Françoise Sagan (1935).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Charles, Duke of Orléans ranks 78. Before him are Jacques Prévert (1900), William of Rubruck (1220), Gregory of Tours (538), Georges Bataille (1897), Henri Barbusse (1873), and Louis Aragon (1897). After him are Françoise Sagan (1935), André Maurois (1885), René Guénon (1886), Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848), Marie-Antoine Carême (1784), and Paul Claudel (1868).

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