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Joseph Fesch

1763 - 1839

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Joseph Cardinal Fesch, Prince of the Empire (3 January 1763 – 13 May 1839) was a French priest and diplomat, who was the maternal half-uncle of Napoleon Bonaparte (half-brother of Napoleon's mother Laetitia). In the wake of his nephew, he became Archbishop of Lyon and cardinal. He was also one of the most famous art collectors of his period, remembered for having established the Musée Fesch in Ajaccio, which remains one of the most important Napoleonic collections of art. Born in Corsica, he was the son of Swiss-born Franz Faesch and Angela Maria Pietrasanta, and belonged on his father's side to the Faesch family, one of the most prominent patrician families of Basel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Fesch is the 420th most popular nobleman (down from 359th in 2019), the 1,802nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,777th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular French Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Joseph Fesch ranks 420 out of 1,415. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Humbert III, Count of Savoy, John of Montfort, Anne Henriette of Bavaria, and Eustace III, Count of Boulogne. After him are Charlene, Princess of Monaco, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, and Philip I, Count of Savoy.

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Among people born in 1763, Joseph Fesch ranks 17. Before him are Guillaume Brune, Augustin Robespierre, Emich Carl, 2nd Prince of Leiningen, Xavier de Maistre, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, and Franz Danzi. After him are Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden, Simon Mayr, Étienne Méhul, John Jacob Astor, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Pierre Gaspard Chaumette. Among people deceased in 1839, Joseph Fesch ranks 11. Before him are Fernando Sor, Ranjit Singh, William, Duke of Nassau, Princess Marie of Orléans, Charlotte Bonaparte, and William Smith. After him are Pehr Henrik Ling, Ferdinando Paer, Aloysia Weber, Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano, William Murdoch, and Mikhail Speransky.

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In France

Among people born in France, Joseph Fesch ranks 1,802 out of 6,770. Before him are Mélanie Bonis (1858), Anne Henriette of Bavaria (1648), François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (1641), Eustace III, Count of Boulogne (1060), Henri Cornet (1884), and Jean-Baptiste Pigalle (1714). After him are Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1674), Jean-Marie Guyau (1854), Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken (1721), Jean de Meun (1240), David d'Angers (1788), and Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (1874).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Joseph Fesch ranks 72. Before him are Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy (1197), William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (1024), Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), John of Montfort (1294), Anne Henriette of Bavaria (1648), and Eustace III, Count of Boulogne (1060). After him are Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon (1844), Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207), Blanche of Bourbon (1339), Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (1920), Charlotte of Albret (1480), and Elias, Duke of Parma (1880).

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