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Gilles de Rais

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Gilles de Rais, Baron de Rais (French: [ʒil də ʁɛ]; also spelled "Retz"; c. 1405 – 26 October 1440) was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army during the Hundred Years' War, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of children. An important lord as heir to some great noble lineages of western France, he rallied to the cause of King Charles VII of France and waged war against the English. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gilles de Rais is the 15th most popular extremist (down from 11th in 2019), the 307th most popular biography from France (down from 281st in 2019) and the most popular French Extremist.

Gilles de Rais is most famous for being a French nobleman who was accused of kidnapping, torturing, and murdering hundreds of children in the 15th century.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Gilles de Rais ranks 15 out of 283Before him are Abdullah Öcalan, Herostratus, Amon Göth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Frederick Trump, and Man in the Iron Mask. After him are Leon Czolgosz, Golden State Killer, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ramón Mercader, and Patrizia Reggiani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1405, Gilles de Rais ranks 3Before him are Skanderbeg, and Pope Pius II. After him are John II of Castile, Thomas Malory, Maria of Trebizond, Ulugh Muhammad, Sophia of Halshany, and Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers. Among people deceased in 1440, Gilles de Rais ranks 1After him are Frances of Rome, Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg, Sigismund Kęstutaitis, Cennino Cennini, Itzcoatl, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, and Irene Gattilusio.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gilles de Rais ranks 307 out of 6,770Before him are Alfred Werner (1866), Urbain Le Verrier (1811), Claude Lorrain (1600), Oscar I of Sweden (1799), Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845), and Victor Grignard (1871). After him are Robert II of France (972), Josquin des Prez (1450), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Jean Gabin (1904), Louis Antoine, Duke of Angoulême (1775), and Germaine de Staël (1766).

Among EXTREMISTS In France

Among extremists born in France, Gilles de Rais ranks 1After him are Robert-François Damiens (1715), Henri Désiré Landru (1869), Jean II, Duke of Alençon (1409), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Michel Fourniret (1942), Jacques Mesrine (1936), Édouard Vaillant (1840), Zacarias Moussaoui (1968), and Yvan Colonna (1960).