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Louis Bonaparte

1778 - 1846

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Louis Bonaparte (born Luigi Buonaparte; 2 September 1778 – 25 July 1846) was a younger brother of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French. He was a monarch in his own right from 1806 to 1810, ruling over the Kingdom of Holland (a French client state roughly corresponding to the modern-day Netherlands). In that capacity, he was known as Louis I (Dutch: Lodewijk I [ˈloːdəʋɛik]). Louis was the fifth surviving child and fourth surviving son of Carlo Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino, out of eight children who lived past infancy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Bonaparte is the 792nd most popular politician (down from 452nd in 2019), the 288th most popular biography from France (down from 189th in 2019) and the 74th most popular French Politician.

Louis Bonaparte was the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. He became the president of France in 1848 and ruled as a dictator until he was overthrown in 1851.

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Among politicians, Louis Bonaparte ranks 792 out of 19,576. Before him are Georges Clemenceau, Æthelbald, King of Wessex, Gordian I, Friedrich Ebert, Edvard Beneš, and Abd al-Rahman III. After him are Sweyn Forkbeard, Haakon IV of Norway, Aldo Moro, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, Alija Izetbegović, and Dmitry Medvedev.

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Among people born in 1778, Louis Bonaparte ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, and Marie Thérèse of France. After him are Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, Humphry Davy, José de San Martín, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Bernardo O'Higgins, and Clemens Brentano. Among people deceased in 1846, Louis Bonaparte ranks 2. Before him is Pope Gregory XVI. After him are Friedrich Bessel, Emperor Ninkō, Friedrich List, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Andrew Kim Taegon, Rodolphe Töpffer, Otto von Kotzebue, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, and Jean-Gaspard Deburau.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Bonaparte ranks 288 out of 6,770. Before him are Philippa of Hainault (1314), Philip the Good (1396), Henry I of France (1008), Georges Clemenceau (1841), Jean-Luc Godard (1930), and Eugène de Beauharnais (1781). After him are Hugues de Payens (1074), Simone Weil (1909), Raymond Poincaré (1860), Paul Signac (1863), Vincent de Paul (1581), and Jules Massenet (1842).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Louis Bonaparte ranks 74. Before him are Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Philip V of France (1293), Philip the Good (1396), Henry I of France (1008), and Georges Clemenceau (1841). After him are Raymond Poincaré (1860), Oscar I of Sweden (1799), Robert II of France (972), Louis, Duke of Burgundy (1682), Richard I of Normandy (933), and Emmanuel Macron (1977).

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