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Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes

1719 - 1787

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Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (French: [vɛʁʒɛn]; 29 December 1719 – 13 February 1787) was a French statesman and diplomat. He served as Foreign Minister from 1774 to 1787 during the reign of Louis XVI, notably during the American War of Independence. Vergennes rose through the ranks of the diplomatic service during postings in Portugal and Germany before receiving the important post of Envoy to the Ottoman Empire in 1755. While there he oversaw complex negotiations that resulted from the Diplomatic Revolution before being recalled in 1768. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes is the 11,114th most popular politician (down from 11,015th in 2019), the 3,217th most popular biography from France (up from 3,283rd in 2019) and the 724th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes ranks 11,114 out of 19,576. Before him are H. C. Hansen, Viktor Kingissepp, Jerzy Kuryłowicz, Moshe Sanbar, Gary Peters, and Charles de Broqueville. After him are Svetozar Marović, Nikola Gruevski, Óscar Berger, Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia, Vazgen Manukyan, and Lev Perovski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1719, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes ranks 13. Before him are Jacques Cazotte, Gottfried Achenwall, Adel Shah, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Christian Mayer, and Pierre Poivre. After him are Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, Thomas Gage, Michel-Jean Sedaine, and Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim. Among people deceased in 1787, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes ranks 15. Before him are Şahin Giray, Johann Karl August Musäus, William Watson, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, Charles, Prince of Soubise, and Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. After him are Ferdinando Galiani, François Francoeur, Thomas Gage, and Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes ranks 3,217 out of 6,770. Before him are Princess Anne of Orléans (1906), Gérard Krawczyk (1953), Simon Marmion (1425), Charles Rollin (1661), Freya Stark (1893), and Henri Brocard (1845). After him are Pierre Victor Auger (1899), Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée (1724), René Daumal (1908), Auguste Vaillant (1861), Guillaume Le Gentil (1725), and François Marie Daudin (1776).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes ranks 724. Before him are Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739), Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine (1498), Adrien Maurice de Noailles (1678), Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases (1766), Eustace I, Count of Boulogne (1010), and Princess Anne of Orléans (1906). After him are Auguste Vaillant (1861), Georges Marchais (1920), Marie I, Countess of Boulogne (1136), Henri Queuille (1884), René Duguay-Trouin (1673), and Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans (1607).

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