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Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans

1426 - 1487

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Marie of Cleves (19 September 1426 – 23 August 1487) was the third wife of Charles, Duke of Orléans. She was born a German princess, the last child of Adolph I, Duke of Cleves and his second wife, Mary of Burgundy. Marie was a patron of letters and commissioned many works; she was also an active poet herself, producing ballads and other verses. After the Duke's death she was secretly remarried in 1480 to one of her gentlemen of the chamber, the Artesian "Sieur de Rabodanges", who was some years her junior. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans is the 1,131st most popular writer (down from 1,123rd in 2019), the 1,140th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,122nd in 2019) and the 72nd most popular German Writer.

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Among writers, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans ranks 1,131 out of 7,302. Before her are Jorge Semprún, Ahmad Khani, Ibn al-Jawzi, Will Durant, Leonid Andreyev, and Sugawara no Michizane. After her are Walter Lippmann, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Martin Andersen Nexø, Stobaeus, Zhuanxu, and Catherine de Bourbon.

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Among people born in 1426, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans ranks 3. Before her are Christian I of Denmark, and Eleanor of Navarre. After her are John II, Duke of Bourbon, Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany, and Giovanni Pontano. Among people deceased in 1487, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans ranks 5. Before her are Chenghua Emperor, Mara Branković, Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, and Nicholas of Flüe. After her are John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln, John Argyropoulos, Tlacaelel, Yunus Khan, and Hayder of Crimea.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans ranks 1,140 out of 7,253. Before her are Christian Thomasius (1655), Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Paul Langerhans (1847), Rainer Weiss (1932), and Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229). After her are Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), Oskar Lafontaine (1943), Lale Andersen (1905), Hans Oster (1887), and Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans ranks 72. Before her are August von Kotzebue (1761), Charles De Coster (1827), Alfred Brehm (1829), W. G. Sebald (1944), Ernst Barlach (1870), and Tannhäuser (1205). After her are Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué (1777), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), and Siegfried Kracauer (1889).

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