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Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine

1498 - 1550

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Jean de Lorraine (9 April 1498 – c. 18 May 1550) was the third son of the ruling Duke of Lorraine, and a French cardinal, who was (at one time or another) archbishop of Reims (1532–1538), Lyon (1537–1539), and Narbonne (1524–1550), bishop of Metz, and Administrator of the dioceses of Toul, Verdun, Thérouanne, Luçon, Albi, Valence, Nantes and Agen (1538–1550). He was a personal friend, companion, and advisor of King Francis I of France. Jean de Lorraine was the richest prelate in the reign of Francis I, as well as the most flagrant pluralist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine is the 10,955th most popular politician (down from 10,393rd in 2019), the 3,174th most popular biography from France (down from 3,086th in 2019) and the 719th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine ranks 10,955 out of 19,576. Before him are Oswaldo López Arellano, Davíð Oddsson, Vjosa Osmani, Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara, Florencio Campomanes, and Ismail II of Granada. After him are Yolande of Dreux, Queen of Scotland, Sokolluzade Lala Mehmed Pasha, Mir Jafar, Azem Galica, Charles J. Guiteau, and Michael Sata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1498, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine ranks 16. Before him are Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, Hieronymus Bock, Andreas Osiander, Georg I, Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard, Moretto da Brescia, and Felix Manz. After him is Conrad Grebel. Among people deceased in 1550, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine ranks 18. Before him are Gian Giorgio Trissino, Jón Arason, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Isabel Moctezuma, John Major, and Ashikaga Yoshiharu. After him are Georg Pencz, and Ambrosius Benson.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine ranks 3,174 out of 6,770. Before him are Guillaume Rondelet (1507), Gérard Larrousse (1940), Albert Kahn (1860), John III, Duke of Brittany (1286), Michel Berger (1947), and Patricia Kaas (1966). After him are Achille Richard (1794), Charles Dullin (1885), Pierre Poivre (1719), Jean Lorrain (1855), Charles Frédéric Petit (1857), and Pal Benko (1928).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine ranks 719. Before him are Élisabeth de Bourbon (1614), Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth (1760), Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy (1386), Théodore Steeg (1868), Joan of France, Duchess of Brittany (1391), and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739). After him are Adrien Maurice de Noailles (1678), Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases (1766), Eustace I, Count of Boulogne (1010), Princess Anne of Orléans (1906), Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (1719), and Auguste Vaillant (1861).

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