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Henri, Count of Chambord

1820 - 1883

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Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (French: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883), was the Legitimist pretender to the throne of France as Henri V from 1844 until his death in 1883. Henri was the only son of Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, born after his father's death, by his wife, Princess Carolina of Naples and Sicily, daughter of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies. The Duke himself was the younger son of Charles X. As the grandson of Charles X, Henri was a Petit-Fils de France. He was the last legitimate descendant of Louis XV of France in the male line. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri, Count of Chambord is the 1,720th most popular politician (down from 1,265th in 2019), the 563rd most popular biography from France (down from 454th in 2019) and the 137th most popular French Politician.

Henri, Count of Chambord was most famous for being the last male heir to the French throne. He was born in 1820 and became King of France at the age of nine when his grandfather, King Charles X, abdicated. He was a member of the Bourbon dynasty. In 1830, he became the Duke of Bordeaux. In 1844, he became the Duke of Nemours. In 1847, he became the Duke of Aumale. In 1848, he became the Duke of Angoulême. In 1853, he became the Duke of Orléans. In 1864, he became the Duke of Alençon. In 1871, he became the Duke of Chartres. In 1873, he became the Duke of Berry.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henri, Count of Chambord ranks 1,720 out of 19,576. Before him are Roger Williams, Han Duck-soo, Léon Degrelle, Gaspard II de Coligny, Artaxerxes III, and Rafael Trujillo. After him are Giulio Andreotti, Leo von Caprivi, Queen Paola of Belgium, Tim Walz, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, and Martinian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Henri, Count of Chambord ranks 9. Before him are Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Herbert Spencer, Nadar, William John Macquorn Rankine, Anne Brontë, and Harriet Tubman. After him are Edmond Becquerel, Henri Vieuxtemps, Multatuli, Jenny Lind, Alexandru Ioan Cuza, and Susan B. Anthony. Among people deceased in 1883, Henri, Count of Chambord ranks 7. Before him are Karl Marx, Richard Wagner, Édouard Manet, Ivan Turgenev, Gustave Doré, and Emir Abdelkader. After him are Dayananda Saraswati, Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Midhat Pasha, Charles II, Duke of Parma, Joseph Plateau, and Eva Gonzalès.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri, Count of Chambord ranks 563 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753), André Maurois (1885), Jean-Jacques Annaud (1943), Gaspard II de Coligny (1519), Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947). After him are François Jacob (1920), Hilary of Poitiers (315), Joseph de Maistre (1753), Maurice Allais (1911), Paul Langevin (1872), and Princess Marie Bonaparte (1882).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Henri, Count of Chambord ranks 137. Before him are Pepin the Hunchback (770), William II of England (1056), Baldwin II of Jerusalem (1060), Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise (1768), Léon Blum (1872), and Gaspard II de Coligny (1519). After him are Theuderic I (485), Henry I, Duke of Guise (1550), René of Anjou (1409), Peter II of Courtenay (1155), Marine Le Pen (1968), and Paul Doumer (1857).

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