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Louis, Prince of Condé

1530 - 1569

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Louis de Bourbon, 1st Prince of Condé (7 May 1530 – 13 March 1569) was a prominent Huguenot leader and general, the founder of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon. Coming from a position of relative political unimportance during the reign of Henri II, Condé's support for the Huguenots, along with his leading role in the conspiracy of Amboise and its aftermath, pushed him to the centre of French politics. Arrested during the reign of Francis II then released upon the latter's premature death, he would lead the Huguenot forces in the first three civil wars of the French Wars of Religion before being executed after his defeat at the Battle of Jarnac in 1569. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis, Prince of Condé is the 2,612th most popular politician (up from 4,435th in 2024), the 832nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,359th in 2019) and the 191st most popular French Politician.

Louis, Prince of Condé is most famous for his role in the French Wars of Religion. He was a leader of the Catholic League and fought against the Huguenots.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis, Prince of Condé ranks 2,612 out of 19,576. Before him are Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Emperor Jing of Han, Mauno Koivisto, Sigurd Ring, Barkiyaruq, and Jeroboam II. After him are Phalaris, Yazid II, Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily, Vasily I of Moscow, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Louise of Savoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, Louis, Prince of Condé ranks 8. Before him are Jean Bodin, Yasuke, Grace O'Malley, Étienne de La Boétie, Jean Nicot, and Uesugi Kenshin. After him are Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Anastasia Romanovna, Ruy López de Segura, Jan Kochanowski, Juan de Herrera, and Christopher Báthory. Among people deceased in 1569, Louis, Prince of Condé ranks 2. Before him is Pieter Bruegel the Elder. After him are John of Ávila, Gracia Mendes Nasi, Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Maria Temryukovna, Gerolama Orsini, Aben Humeya, Mikołaj Rej, Catherine Carey, António Ferreira, and Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis, Prince of Condé ranks 832 out of 6,770. Before him are Dominique Strauss-Kahn (1949), Marcellin Berthelot (1827), Robert Nivelle (1856), Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817), Roscellinus (1050), and Georges Sorel (1847). After him are Louise of Savoy (1476), Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), Nicolas Fouquet (1615), and Antoine-Jean Gros (1771).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis, Prince of Condé ranks 191. Before him are Charles II of Navarre (1332), Charles, Duke of Vendôme (1489), Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704), François Ravaillac (1578), Isabella of Hainault (1170), and Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963). After him are Louise of Savoy (1476), Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), Nicolas Fouquet (1615), Auguste Mariette (1821), and François Darlan (1881).

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