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Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours

1489 - 1512

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Gaston de Foix, duc de Nemours (10 December 1489 – 11 April 1512), nicknamed The Thunderbolt of Italy, was a famed French military commander of the Renaissance. Nephew of King Louis XII of France and general of his armies in Italy from 1511 to 1512, he is noted for his military feats in a career which lasted no longer than a few months. The young general is regarded as a stellar commander well ahead of his time. An adept of lightning fast forced marches as well as sudden and bold offensives that destabilized contemporary armies and commanders, De Foix is mostly remembered for his six-month campaign against the Holy League in the War of the League of Cambrai. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours is the 619th most popular military personnel (down from 594th in 2019), the 1,711th most popular biography from France (down from 1,638th in 2019) and the 65th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours ranks 619 out of 2,058. Before him are Henri Gatien Bertrand, Maarten Tromp, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Charles Sweeney, and Christian de Castries. After him are Frederick Browning, Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Yoshijirō Umezu, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Adem Jashari, and Kurt Franz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours ranks 6. Before him are Antonio da Correggio, Thomas Müntzer, Margaret Tudor, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, and Thomas Cranmer. After him are William Farel, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Gerónimo de Aguilar, and Fernando d'Ávalos. Among people deceased in 1512, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours ranks 3. Before him are Amerigo Vespucci, and Bayezid II. After him are Hatuey, Alessandro Achillini, Svante Nilsson, Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Antoine Brumel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours ranks 1,711 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon (1675), Christian de Castries (1902), Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne (1756), Joseph Bédier (1864), Marcel Renault (1872), and Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay (1740). After him are Anna de Noailles (1876), Arnaud Amalric (1160), Dominique Jean Larrey (1766), Nicolas Sanson (1600), Joseph Bodin de Boismortier (1689), and Jean-Charles de Borda (1733).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours ranks 65. Before him are Aegidius (450), Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard (1476), Georges Picquart (1854), Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), and Christian de Castries (1902). After him are Walter Krüger (1890), Maurice Sarrail (1856), Marie-Pierre Kœnig (1898), Bob Denard (1929), Joseph Gallieni (1849), and Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775).

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