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Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme

1540 - 1614

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Pierre de Bourdeille (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ də buʁdɛj], c. 1540 – 15 July 1614), called the seigneur et abbé de Brantôme, was a French memoirist, soldier and biographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme is the 134th most popular historian, the 2,013th most popular biography from France (up from 2,062nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular French Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme ranks 134 out of 561. Before him are Arnold Hauser, Paisius of Hilendar, Richard Sennett, Golo Mann, John Kinnamos, and Philostorgius. After him are Barbara W. Tuchman, Timothy D. Snyder, Ibn Hibban, Heinrich von Treitschke, William H. McNeill, and Vladimir Minorsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1540, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme ranks 12. Before him are Joseph Justus Scaliger, Lady Katherine Grey, Maharana Pratap, Hümaşah Sultan, José de Acosta, and Magnus, Duke of Holstein. After him are Paschal Baylón, Ana de Mendoza, Princess of Eboli, Gasparo da Salò, Won Gyun, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, and Ostilio Ricci. Among people deceased in 1614, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme ranks 10. Before him are Camillus de Lellis, Luís Vaz de Torres, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Mavro Orbini, and Marina Mniszech. After him are Isaac Casaubon, Man Singh I, François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti, Sibylla of Anhalt, and Felice Anerio.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme ranks 2,013 out of 6,770. Before him are Étienne Méhul (1763), Carolus-Duran (1837), Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428), Nicole Fontaine (1942), Paul Durand-Ruel (1831), and Yves Bonnefoy (1923). After him are Albert Sarraut (1872), André Tardieu (1876), Camille Chautemps (1885), Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth (1649), Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac (1597), and Jacques Thibaud (1880).

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Among HISTORIANS In France

Among historians born in France, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme ranks 19. Before him are Emmanuel Todd (1951), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), René Grousset (1885), Pierre Nora (1931), Guibert of Nogent (1055), and Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange (1610). After him are Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914), Adémar de Chabannes (989), François Furet (1927), Augustin Thierry (1795), Charles Diehl (1859), and George Cœdès (1886).

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