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Francis, Duke of Guise

1519 - 1563

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François de Lorraine, 2nd Duke of Guise, 1st Prince of Joinville, and 1st Duke of Aumale (17 February 1519 – 24 February 1563), was a French general and statesman. A prominent leader during the Italian War of 1551–1559 and French Wars of Religion, he was assassinated during the siege of Orleans in 1563. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis, Duke of Guise is the 1,620th most popular politician (up from 1,651st in 2019), the 528th most popular biography from France (up from 582nd in 2019) and the 130th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis, Duke of Guise ranks 1,620 out of 19,576. Before him are Lothair of France, Pauline Bonaparte, Liz Truss, Pachacuti, Charles XI of Sweden, and Yang Guifei. After him are Dionysius I of Syracuse, Reuven Rivlin, Pepin the Hunchback, Moshe Katsav, Emperor Kōkaku, and Horst Köhler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1519, Francis, Duke of Guise ranks 6. Before him are Catherine de' Medici, Henry II of France, Pope Innocent IX, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset. After him are Gaspard II de Coligny, Isabella Jagiellon, Occhiali, Theodore Beza, Imagawa Yoshimoto, and Andrea Cesalpino. Among people deceased in 1563, Francis, Duke of Guise ranks 2. Before him is Étienne de La Boétie. After him are Sebastian Castellio, Heinrich Glarean, Andrea Schiavone, Yi Gwang-sik, Martynas Mažvydas, and Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis, Duke of Guise ranks 528 out of 6,770. Before him are Joan I of Navarre (1273), Maurice Jarre (1924), Suger (1080), Lothair of France (941), Pauline Bonaparte (1780), and Charles Richet (1850). After him are André Citroën (1878), Pepin the Hunchback (770), Henri Barbusse (1873), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), Marc Bloch (1886), and Lucien Bonaparte (1775).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Francis, Duke of Guise ranks 130. Before him are Christine Lagarde (1956), Camille Desmoulins (1760), Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan (1640), Joan I of Navarre (1273), Lothair of France (941), and Pauline Bonaparte (1780). After him are Pepin the Hunchback (770), William II of England (1056), Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1060), Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768), Léon Blum (1872), and Gaspard II de Coligny (1519).

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