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Gabrielle d'Estrées

1573 - 1599

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Gabrielle d'Estrées, Duchess of Beaufort and Verneuil, Marchioness of Monceaux (French: [ɡabʁijɛl dɛstʁe]; 1573 – 10 April 1599) was a mistress, confidante and adviser of Henry IV of France. She is noted for her role in ending the religious civil wars that plagued France for more than 30 years. She persuaded Henry to renounce Protestantism in favour of Catholicism in 1593. Later she urged French Catholics to accept the Edict of Nantes, which granted certain rights to the Protestants. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gabrielle d'Estrées is the 101st most popular social activist (down from 84th in 2019), the 918th most popular biography from France (down from 811th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Social Activist.

Gabrielle d'Estrees was a French noblewoman who was the mistress of King Henry IV. She was also the mother of his illegitimate son, César de Bourbon.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Gabrielle d'Estrées ranks 101 out of 840. Before her are Stenka Razin, Denis Mukwege, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Errico Malatesta, Mairead Maguire, and Frank Costello. After her are Léon Jouhaux, Lee Radziwill, Louise Michel, Augusto César Sandino, Antipope Clement III, and Mukhtar al-Thaqafi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1573, Gabrielle d'Estrées ranks 5. Before her are William Laud, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, Simon Marius, and Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland. After her are Christina of Holstein-Gottorp, Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Inigo Jones, Ambrosius Bosschaert, George Frederick, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Jagat Gosain, and Ukita Hideie. Among people deceased in 1599, Gabrielle d'Estrées ranks 2. Before her is Beatrice Cenci. After her are Edmund Spenser, Luca Marenzio, Maeda Toshiie, Andrew Báthory, Cornelis de Houtman, Chōsokabe Motochika, Chand Bibi, Menocchio, Eknath, and Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gabrielle d'Estrées ranks 918 out of 6,770. Before her are Georges Couthon (1755), Eleanor of Provence (1223), Martin Schongauer (1450), François Mansart (1598), Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), and Juliette Gréco (1927). After her are Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Martin Bucer (1491), Victor of Aveyron (1793), Léon Gambetta (1838), Jacques Callot (1592), and Nicolas Oudinot (1767).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Gabrielle d'Estrées ranks 3. Before her are Charlotte Corday (1768), and Olympe de Gouges (1748). After her are Léon Jouhaux (1879), Louise Michel (1830), René Just Haüy (1743), Flora Tristan (1803), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), René Cassin (1887), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Abbé Pierre (1912), and Balthasar Gérard (1557).

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