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Jules Hardouin-Mansart

1646 - 1708

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Jules Hardouin-Mansart (French pronunciation: [ʒyl aʁdwɛ̃ mɑ̃saʁ]; 16 April 1646 – 11 May 1708) was a French Baroque architect and builder whose major work included the Place des Victoires (1684–1690); Place Vendôme (1690); the domed chapel of Les Invalides (1690), and the Grand Trianon of the Palace of Versailles. His monumental work was designed to glorify the reign of Louis XIV of France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jules Hardouin-Mansart is the 73rd most popular architect (down from 58th in 2019), the 928th most popular biography from France (down from 756th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Architect.

Jules Hardouin-Mansart is most famous for being the architect of the Palace of Versailles.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Jules Hardouin-Mansart ranks 73 out of 518. Before him are Bruno Taut, Michelozzo, Josef Hoffmann, François Mansart, Mario Botta, and Ustad Ahmad Lahori. After him are Guarino Guarini, Charles Garnier, Albert Speer, Peter Parler, Sebastiano Serlio, and Claude Perrault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1646, Jules Hardouin-Mansart ranks 7. Before him are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Christian V of Denmark, Ismail Ibn Sharif, John Flamsteed, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, and Antoine Galland. After him are Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Godfrey Kneller, Maria Francisca of Savoy, Hortense Mancini, Charles Plumier, and Alexandre Exquemelin. Among people deceased in 1708, Jules Hardouin-Mansart ranks 3. Before him are Guru Gobind Singh, and Joseph Pitton de Tournefort. After him are Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Prince George of Denmark, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Seki Takakazu, Ludolf Bakhuizen, John Blow, and Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jules Hardouin-Mansart ranks 928 out of 6,770. Before him are Léon Gambetta (1838), Jacques Callot (1592), Nicolas Oudinot (1767), Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy (1143), Ninon de l'Enclos (1620), and Françoise Marie de Bourbon (1677). After him are Claude Lelouch (1937), François Clouet (1510), René Clément (1913), Léon Jouhaux (1879), Rosa Bonheur (1822), and Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902).

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Among ARCHITECTS In France

Among architects born in France, Jules Hardouin-Mansart ranks 8. Before him are André Le Nôtre (1613), Eugène Viollet-le-Duc (1814), Jean Nouvel (1945), Louis Le Vau (1612), Ferdinand Cheval (1836), and François Mansart (1598). After him are Charles Garnier (1825), Claude Perrault (1613), Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700), Hector Guimard (1867), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), and Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698).

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