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Yolande de Polastron

1749 - 1793

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Yolande de Polastron, Duchess of Polignac (Yolande Martine Gabrielle; 8 September 1749 – 9 December 1793) was the favourite of Marie Antoinette, whom she met when she was presented at the Palace of Versailles in 1775, the year after Marie Antoinette became the Queen of France. She was considered one of the great beauties of pre-Revolutionary society, but her extravagance and exclusivity earned her many enemies. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yolande de Polastron is the 2,160th most popular politician (down from 1,568th in 2019), the 695th most popular biography from France (down from 560th in 2019) and the 155th most popular French Politician.

Yolande de Polastron was the wife of King Louis XIV of France. She is most famous for her role in the Fronde, a series of civil wars in France in the 17th century.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Yolande de Polastron ranks 2,160 out of 19,576. Before her are Mengistu Haile Mariam, Theresa May, Olof Skötkonung, Magnus IV of Norway, Elizabeth of Luxembourg, and Cynric. After her are Alboin, Johann Friedrich Struensee, Ezana of Axum, Jahangir, Ernest, Duke of Austria, and Henry II, Count of Champagne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, Yolande de Polastron ranks 9. Before her are Edward Jenner, Nicolas Appert, Christian VII of Denmark, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Domenico Cimarosa, and Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe. After her are Lorenzo Da Ponte, Daniel Rutherford, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Abraham Gottlob Werner, and Vittorio Alfieri. Among people deceased in 1793, Yolande de Polastron ranks 9. Before her are Madame du Barry, Jean-Paul Marat, Carlo Goldoni, Charlotte Corday, Olympe de Gouges, and John Michell. After her are Francesco Guardi, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Madame Roland, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Jacques Pierre Brissot, and Alexander Roslin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Yolande de Polastron ranks 695 out of 6,770. Before her are Robert Bresson (1901), Marie Tussaud (1761), Adam de la Halle (1245), Hugh the Great (898), Gaston Leroux (1868), and Jacques Anquetil (1934). After her are Francis Picabia (1879), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Gérard de Nerval (1808), and Charles-François Daubigny (1817).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Yolande de Polastron ranks 155. Before her are Alexandre Millerand (1859), Rudolph of France (890), Fulk, King of Jerusalem (1092), Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (-90), Paul Bocuse (1926), and Jean Jaurès (1859). After her are Henry II, Count of Champagne (1166), Elisa Bonaparte (1777), Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339), Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1747), Jules Grévy (1807), and Jean Parisot de Valette (1494).

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