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Louise of Orléans

1812 - 1850

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Louise of Orléans (Louise-Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle; 3 April 1812 – 11 October 1850) was the first Queen of the Belgians as the second wife of King Leopold I from their marriage on 9 August 1832 until her death in 1850. She was the second child and eldest daughter of the French king Louis Philippe I and his wife, Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies. Louise rarely participated in public representation, but acted as the political adviser of her spouse. Her large correspondence is a valuable historical source of the period and has been published. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louise of Orléans is the 2,377th most popular politician (down from 2,155th in 2019), the 808th most popular biography from Italy (down from 760th in 2019) and the 166th most popular Italian Politician.

Louise of Orléans was a French noblewoman who became queen consort of France as the wife of King Charles VIII. She was a member of the House of Valois-Orléans, which is one of the oldest and most prestigious royal houses in Europe.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louise of Orléans ranks 2,377 out of 19,576Before her are Sophia Palaiologina, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Elsa Einstein, William V, Prince of Orange, and Stephen II of Hungary. After her are Palmiro Togliatti, Sahure, Sogdianus of Persia, Peter IV of Aragon, Gülnuş Sultan, and Kurt Daluege.

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Among people born in 1812, Louise of Orléans ranks 7Before her are Charles Dickens, Kaspar Hauser, Johann Gottfried Galle, Théodore Rousseau, Ivan Goncharov, and Alexander Herzen. After her are Truganini, Augustus Pugin, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, and Moses Hess. Among people deceased in 1850, Louise of Orléans ranks 10Before her are José de San Martín, Zachary Taylor, William Wordsworth, Báb, Daoguang Emperor, and Marie Tussaud. After her are Frédéric Bastiat, Lin Zexu, José Gervasio Artigas, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, Robert Peel, and Nikolaus Lenau.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Louise of Orléans ranks 808 out of 5,161Before her are Athalaric (516), Gabriele Amorth (1925), Saint Eustace (10), Pompeia (-90), Lino Ventura (1919), and Poggio Bracciolini (1380). After her are Palmiro Togliatti (1893), Scholastica (480), Vittorio Gassman (1922), Aldo Rossi (1931), Giambattista Basile (1566), and Dario Argento (1940).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Louise of Orléans ranks 166Before her are Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937), Lentulus Batiatus (-200), Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751), Claudia Octavia (40), Athalaric (516), and Pompeia (-90). After her are Palmiro Togliatti (1893), Ferdinand, Duke of Parma (1751), Louis I of Etruria (1773), William II of Sicily (1153), Quintus Sertorius (-126), and Charles Edward Stuart (1720).