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Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam

1464 - 1534

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Fra' Philippe de Villiers de L'Isle-Adam (1464 – 21 August 1534) was a prominent member of the Knights Hospitaller at Rhodes and later Malta. Having risen to the position of Prior of the Langue of Auvergne, he was elected 44th Grand Master of the Order in 1521. He commanded the Order during Sultan Suleiman's long and bloody Siege of Rhodes in 1522, when 600 knights and 4500 soldiers resisted an invading force of about 100,000 men for six months, but eventually negotiated the capitulation and the departure of the knights on New Year's Day 1523 to Crete. He then led the Order during several years without a permanent domicile—first Kandi on Crete, then successively Messina, Viterbo and finally Nice (1527–1529). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam is the 5,491st most popular politician (down from 5,099th in 2019), the 1,571st most popular biography from France (down from 1,557th in 2019) and the 381st most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam ranks 5,491 out of 19,576. Before him are Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Terauchi Masatake, Joseph Avenol, Cylon of Athens, Henri, Count of Paris, and Valerius Valens. After him are Gaius Lutatius Catulus, William I, Count of Hainaut, Stefan Uroš I, Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Philip IV of Macedon, and Charles I of Albret.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1464, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam ranks 4. Before him are Joan of France, Duchess of Berry, Dayan Khan, and Emperor Go-Kashiwabara. After him are Barbara of Brandenburg, Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Sonni Ali, Philippa of Guelders, and Hayır Bey. Among people deceased in 1534, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam ranks 8. Before him are Hafsa Sultan, Antonio da Correggio, Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Thomas Cajetan, and Marcantonio Raimondi. After him are Stephen VIII Báthory, Otto Brunfels, Barbara Jagiellon, Antonio da Sangallo the Elder, Johannes Aventinus, and Khvandamir.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam ranks 1,571 out of 6,770. Before him are Richardis (840), Alain Juppé (1945), Chris Marker (1921), La Voisin (1640), Joseph Avenol (1879), and Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817). After him are Honoré d'Urfé (1567), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Lolo Ferrari (1963), Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746), Jean-François Le Sueur (1760), and Michel Serres (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam ranks 381. Before him are Maria of Montpellier (1182), Sextus Afranius Burrus (1), Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (1692), Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine (1609), Alain Juppé (1945), and Joseph Avenol (1879). After him are Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville (1746), Victorinus (300), Guillaume de Beaujeu (1300), Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (1605), Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (1337), and Laurent Fabius (1946).

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