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Louis, Dauphin of France

1729 - 1765

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Louis, Dauphin of France (Louis Ferdinand; 4 September 1729 – 20 December 1765) was the elder and only surviving son of King Louis XV of France and his wife, Queen Marie Leszczyńska. As a son of the king, Louis was a fils de France. As heir apparent, he became Dauphin of France. Although he died before ascending to the throne himself, all three of his sons who made it to adulthood were to later rule France: Louis XVI (reign in 1774–1792), Louis XVIII (1814–1815, again in 1815–1824) and Charles X (1824–1830). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis, Dauphin of France is the 747th most popular politician (down from 648th in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from France (down from 272nd in 2019) and the 68th most popular French Politician.

Louis, Dauphin of France, was most famous for being the heir to the throne of France. He was also known for being a patron of the arts.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis, Dauphin of France ranks 747 out of 19,576. Before him are Ptolemy III Euergetes, Taejong of Joseon, Ion Antonescu, Béla IV of Hungary, Nursultan Nazarbayev, and Tahmasp I. After him are Peter II of Russia, Moon Jae-in, Chun Doo-hwan, Umberto II of Italy, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, and Jean-Baptiste Colbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Louis, Dauphin of France ranks 3. Before him are Catherine the Great, and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. After him are Edmund Burke, Moses Mendelssohn, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Antonio Soler, Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, and Johann Daniel Titius. Among people deceased in 1765, Louis, Dauphin of France ranks 2. Before him is Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Mikhail Lomonosov, Alexis Clairaut, Philip, Duke of Parma, Muhammad bin Saud, Giovanni Paolo Panini, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Charles-André van Loo, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, and Prince William, Duke of Cumberland.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis, Dauphin of France ranks 274 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), Philip I of France (1052), Francis de Sales (1567), Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), and Jean Marais (1913). After him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Philip V of France (1293), Honoré Daumier (1808), and Prosper Mérimée (1803).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis, Dauphin of France ranks 68. Before him are John II of France (1319), Louis VI of France (1081), Philip III of France (1245), Letizia Ramolino (1750), Charles the Simple (879), and Philip I of France (1052). After him are Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Philip V of France (1293), Philip the Good (1396), Henry I of France (1008), Georges Clemenceau (1841), and Louis Bonaparte (1778).

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