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Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine

1320 - 1346

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Rudolph (1320 – 26 August 1346), called the Valiant (le Vaillant), was the Duke of Lorraine from 1328 to his death. He was the son and successor of Frederick IV, Duke of Lorraine and Elisabeth of Austria, the daughter of King Albert I of Germany of the House of Habsburg. Though he was but nine years of age when his father died and he succeeded to the duchy under the regency of his mother (until 1334), he was a warrior prince, taking part in four separate wars in Lorraine, France, Brittany, and Iberia. He was killed at the Battle of Crécy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine is the 858th most popular nobleman (down from 763rd in 2019), the 3,091st most popular biography from France (down from 2,915th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular French Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine ranks 858 out of 1,415. Before him are Prince Constantine Constantinovich of Russia, Eberhard IV, Count of Württemberg, Philip I, Duke of Pomerania, Anne de Mortimer, Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence, and Matteo II Visconti. After him are Gottfried von Hohenlohe, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, Princess Louise of Denmark, Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Humaira Begum, and John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1320, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine ranks 16. Before him are Cápac Yupanqui, Galeazzo II Visconti, Danashri, Chen Youliang, Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, and Otto, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen. After him are Helvig of Schleswig, Michael Panaretos, Lalleshwari, Ulrich IV, Count of Württemberg, and Dafydd ap Gwilym. Among people deceased in 1346, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine ranks 8. Before him are Catherine of Valois–Courtenay, Louis I, Count of Flanders, Charles II, Count of Alençon, Philip I, Count of Auvergne, Zhou Daguan, and George V of Georgia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine ranks 3,091 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard Werber (1961), Aemilia Hilaria (300), William of Conches (1080), Robert Garnier (1534), Pierre Wantzel (1814), and Jean-François de La Harpe (1739). After him are Laurent Cassegrain (1629), Othon Friesz (1879), Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle (1710), Lucien Tesnière (1893), André Caplet (1878), and Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (1788).

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Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine ranks 123. Before him are François de Vendôme, duc de Beaufort (1616), Corbinian (670), Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1846), Marie of Lorraine (1674), Salomon, King of Brittany (900), and Louis, Duke of Vendôme (1612). After him are Philip I of Namur (1174), Marie Antoinette Murat (1793), John III, Duke of Brittany (1286), John II, Count of Nevers (1415), Joseph, Duke of Parma (1875), and William IV, Count of Toulouse (1045).

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