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Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine

1670 - 1736

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Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine (31 March 1670 – 14 May 1736) was an illegitimate son of Louis XIV and his official mistress, Madame de Montespan. The king's favourite son, he was the founder of the semi-royal House of Bourbon-Maine named after his title and his surname. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine is the 4,941st most popular politician (down from 4,499th in 2019), the 1,423rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,388th in 2019) and the 345th most popular French Politician.

The duke of maine is most famous for his involvement in the french revolution. He was a member of the french nobility who was executed by guillotine in 1793.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine ranks 4,941 out of 19,576. Before him are Fruela I of Asturias, Halldór Ásgrímsson, Duke Wen of Jin, Micipsa, Nikolay Krestinsky, and Jia Xu. After him are Hassan I of Morocco, Goujian, Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders, Emperor Kanmu, Melvin Laird, and Philippa of England.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1670, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine ranks 10. Before him are Antonio Caldara, Turlough O'Carolan, John Toland, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, and Rajaram I. After him are James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Jean-Baptiste Dubos, Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, and Julie d'Aubigny. Among people deceased in 1736, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine ranks 7. Before him are Prince Eugene of Savoy, Ahmed III, Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Antonio Caldara, and Stephen Gray. After him are Filippo Juvarra, Louise Diane d'Orléans, Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Theophan Prokopovich, Caspar van Wittel, and René Duguay-Trouin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine ranks 1,423 out of 6,770. Before him are Claudine Auger (1941), Gundobad (500), Cardinal de Rohan (1734), Léon Bloy (1846), Émile Waldteufel (1837), and Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093). After him are Clément Janequin (1485), Petrus Ramus (1515), Ansegisel (602), Louis de Bonald (1754), Michèle Mouton (1951), and Emmanuel Mounier (1905).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine ranks 345. Before him are Dalmatius (350), Rudolph III of Burgundy (971), Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814), Gundobad (500), Cardinal de Rohan (1734), and Theobald II, Count of Champagne (1093). After him are Ansegisel (602), Louis de Bonald (1754), Louis I, Count of Flanders (1304), Pierre Mauroy (1928), Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767), and Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (1311).

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