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François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort

1616 - 1669

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François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (16 January 1616 – 25 June 1669) was the son of César, Duke of Vendôme, and Françoise de Lorraine. He was a prominent figure in the Fronde, and later went on to fight in the Mediterranean. He is sometimes called François de Vendôme, though he was born into the House of Bourbon, Vendôme coming from his father's title of Duke of Vendôme. In March 1665 he led a small fleet which defeated a small Algerian fleet near the Goletta, Tunisia (Action of March 1665). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort is the 779th most popular nobleman (down from 490th in 2019), the 2,849th most popular biography from France (down from 2,132nd in 2019) and the 117th most popular French Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort ranks 779 out of 1,415. Before him are Elena Asenina of Bulgaria, Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon, Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Antoinette de Mérode. After him are Nitocris of Babylon, Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia, Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria, Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental, Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, and Bertrada of Prüm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1616, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort ranks 13. Before him are Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, Anne Gonzaga, Andreas Gryphius, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Sébastien Bourdon, and Kuzma Minin. After him are John Owen, Caesar van Everdingen, Eustache Le Sueur, Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau, and Nicholas Culpeper. Among people deceased in 1669, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort ranks 12. Before him are Antonio Cesti, Maria Miloslavskaya, Friedrich Wilhelm II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Oboi, Arnold Geulincx, and Gaspar de Crayer. After him are Pieter Post, Louis, Duke of Vendôme, Johannes Cocceius, Antonio Bertali, Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden, and George William, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld.

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In France

Among people born in France, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort ranks 2,849 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Leclanché (1836), André Salmon (1881), Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo (1764), Pierre Alphonse Laurent (1813), Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768), and Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire (1802). After him are Julie d'Aubigny (1670), Ousmane Dembélé (1997), Anne Dacier (1645), Alix, Duchess of Brittany (1200), Jules Simon (1814), and Christian Louboutin (1964).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort ranks 117. Before him are Charles, Prince of Soubise (1715), Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg (1487), Odo I, Count of Blois (950), Theobald III, Count of Blois (1019), Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1722), and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon (1555). After him are Corbinian (670), Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846), Marie of Lorraine (1674), Salomon, King of Brittany (900), Louis, Duke of Vendôme (1612), and Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (1320).

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