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Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois

1895 - 1964

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Prince Pierre of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois (born Pierre Marie Xavier Raphaël Antoine Melchior de Polignac; 24 October 1895 – 10 November 1964) was the father of Rainier III of Monaco. He was a promoter of art, music, and literature in Monaco and served as the head of the country's delegation to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and to the International Olympic Committee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois is the 4,164th most popular politician (up from 4,176th in 2019), the 1,238th most popular biography from France (up from 1,284th in 2019) and the 294th most popular French Politician.

Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois is most famous for his role in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois ranks 4,164 out of 19,576Before him are Sten Sture the Younger, Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, Emperor Seinei, Emperor Hanzei, Titus Quinctius Flamininus, and Jean-Claude Duvalier. After him are Perdiccas III of Macedon, Charles Michel, Uldin, Franz Ziereis, Ekrem İmamoğlu, and Ardys of Lydia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois ranks 73Before him are Clara Haskil, Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria, Pavel Sukhoi, Wilhelm Gustloff, Friedrich Jeckeln, and Robert Graves. After him are Marcel Pagnol, Lin Yutang, Ferdinand Čatloš, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, B. H. Liddell Hart, and Jean Giono. Among people deceased in 1964, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois ranks 33Before him are Otto Wille Kuusinen, Henry Maitland Wilson, Paulino Alcántara, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Emilio Aguinaldo, and Ernst Kretschmer. After him are Alan Ladd, Tatyana Afanasyeva, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Maurice Thorez, Pedro Petrone, and Sam Cooke.

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In France

Among people born in France, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois ranks 1,238 out of 6,770Before him are Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), Étienne Gilson (1884), Bertrade de Montfort (1070), Élisée Reclus (1830), and Honoré III, Prince of Monaco (1720). After him are Paul Bourget (1852), Abbé Pierre (1912), Jean de Dunois (1402), Jacques Ibert (1890), Camille Jordan (1838), and Michel Tournier (1924).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois ranks 294Before him are Isabella of Valois (1389), Jules de Polignac (1780), Louis, Count of Évreux (1276), Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse (1156), Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), and Honoré III, Prince of Monaco (1720). After him are Jean de Dunois (1402), Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (1334), Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518), Odo of Bayeux (1036), Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (1930), and Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1655).