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François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville

1818 - 1900

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François d'Orléans, Prince de Joinville (14 August 1818 – 16 June 1900) was the third son of Louis Philippe, King of the French, and his wife Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. An admiral of the French Navy, François was famous for bringing the remains of Napoleon from Saint Helena to France, as well as a talented artist, with 35 known watercolours. He married Princess Francisca of Brazil, daughter of Emperor Pedro I and sister of Emperor Pedro II. The dowry received by François upon the marriage became the Brazilian city of Joinville. François and Francisca's grandson Jean went on to become the Orléanist claimant to the extinct French throne, a claim passed on to his son, grandson and now great-grandson Jean, Count of Paris, current Orléanist claimant to the French crown. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville is the 4,830th most popular politician (down from 4,509th in 2019), the 1,386th most popular biography from France (up from 1,391st in 2019) and the 336th most popular French Politician.

François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, was a French prince and military leader. He was the son of Louis-Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and his first wife, Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily. He was the grandson of King Louis-Philippe of France.

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Among politicians, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville ranks 4,830 out of 19,576Before him are Otto, Duke of Austria, Ziusudra, Hetepheres II, Álvaro Colom, Franz Mehring, and Xin Zhui. After him are L'Inconnue de la Seine, Emperor Ankan, Pedro Sánchez, Jaʻfar ibn Yahya, Geert Wilders, and Daniel Burley Woolfall.

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Among people born in 1818, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville ranks 25Before him are August Wilhelm von Hofmann, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Alexander Bain, Maria Mitchell, and Zachris Topelius. After him are Benjamin Butler, Thomas Mayne Reid, Amalia of Oldenburg, Frederick Douglass, Mary Todd Lincoln, and Emperor Norton. Among people deceased in 1900, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville ranks 21Before him are Joseph Bertrand, Nicolas Chauvin, Robert Luther, Osman Nuri Pasha, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, and Armand David. After him are Francis, Duke of Teck, Mary Kingsley, Isaac Levitan, Naim Frashëri, Zdeněk Fibich, and Princess Josephine of Baden.

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In France

Among people born in France, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville ranks 1,386 out of 6,770Before him are Pierre Bergé (1930), Coluche (1944), Antoine Griezmann (1991), Charles Fabry (1867), François-Édouard Picot (1786), and Princess Clémentine of Orléans (1817). After him are Clément Ader (1841), Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801), Cléo de Mérode (1875), Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Léo Taxil (1854), and Benedict of Aniane (750).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville ranks 336Before him are Jane Avril (1868), Joan, Countess of Flanders (1200), Marie Anne de Bourbon (1666), Antonio I, Prince of Monaco (1661), Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1724), and Otto Meissner (1880). After him are Magnentius (303), Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (1198), Dalmatius (350), Rudolph III of Burgundy (971), Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814), and Gundobad (500).