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Philip V of Spain

1683 - 1746

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Philip V (Spanish: Felipe V; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724 and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign (45 years and 16 days) is the longest in the history of the Spanish monarchy, surpassing Philip IV. Although his ascent to the throne precipitated the War of the Spanish Succession, Philip V instigated many important reforms in Spain, most especially the centralization of power of the monarchy and the suppression of regional privileges, via the Nueva Planta decrees, and restructuring of the administration of the Spanish Empire on the Iberian Peninsula and its overseas regions. Philip was born into the French royal family (as Philippe, Duke of Anjou) during the reign of his grandfather Louis XIV. He was the second son of Louis, Grand Dauphin, and was third in line to the French throne after his father and his elder brother, Louis, Duke of Burgundy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip V of Spain is the 479th most popular politician (down from 263rd in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from France (down from 105th in 2019) and the 44th most popular French Politician.

Philip V of Spain was most famous for his involvement in the War of Spanish Succession.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philip V of Spain ranks 479 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexander Lukashenko, Paul I of Russia, Alcibiades, António Guterres, Isaias Afwerki, and Qianlong Emperor. After him are Mehmed V, Joachim Murat, Sigismund III Vasa, Matthias Corvinus, Kanishka, and Scorpion II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, Philip V of Spain ranks 1. After him are Jean-Philippe Rameau, George II of Great Britain, Caroline of Ansbach, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Maria Anna of Austria, 6th Dalai Lama, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Gottfried Silbermann, Christoph Graupner, John Theophilus Desaguliers, and Johann David Heinichen. Among people deceased in 1746, Philip V of Spain ranks 1. After him are Christian VI of Denmark, Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, Colin Maclaurin, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Francis Hutcheson, Nicolas de Largillière, Anna Leopoldovna, Domenico Alberti, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philip V of Spain ranks 179 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernadette Soubirous (1844), Louis Daguerre (1787), Saint Sebastian (300), Catherine Deneuve (1943), Madame du Barry (1743), and Jean-Michel Jarre (1948). After him are Jean Racine (1639), Pope Innocent V (1225), Joachim Murat (1767), Nicolas Appert (1749), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), and Guy of Lusignan (1150).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Philip V of Spain ranks 44. Before him are Francis II of France (1544), Charles VI of France (1368), Charles V of France (1338), Georges Pompidou (1911), Godfrey of Bouillon (1060), and Nicolas Sarkozy (1955). After him are Joachim Murat (1767), Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (1113), Guy of Lusignan (1150), Louis VIII of France (1187), Georges Danton (1759), and Louis VII of France (1120).

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