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Étienne François, duc de Choiseul

1719 - 1785

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Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, KOHS, OGF (28 June 1719 – 8 May 1785) was a French Army officer, diplomat and statesman. From 1758 to 1761 and again from 1766 to 1770, he served as Foreign Minister of France and had a strong influence on France's global strategy throughout the period. Choiseul is closely associated with France's defeat in the Seven Years' War and subsequent efforts to rebuild French prestige. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne François, duc de Choiseul is the 5,721st most popular politician (down from 4,310th in 2019), the 1,642nd most popular biography from France (down from 1,321st in 2019) and the 394th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul ranks 5,721 out of 19,576. Before him are Archduchess Barbara of Austria, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Theodora Angelina, Pertevniyal Sultan, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria. After him are Haakon Ericsson, Rama II of Siam, Aymon, Count of Savoy, Charlotte Bonaparte, Gia Long, and Pietro II Orseolo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1719, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul ranks 3. Before him are Leopold Mozart, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. After him are Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Jacques Cazotte, Gottfried Achenwall, Adel Shah, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Christian Mayer, and Pierre Poivre. Among people deceased in 1785, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul ranks 9. Before him are Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Pietro Longhi, James Oglethorpe, and Gabriel Bonnot de Mably. After him are Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, Luis of Spain, Count of Chinchón, Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul ranks 1,642 out of 6,770. Before him are Lucien Petit-Breton (1882), Philippe Soupault (1897), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), André Jolivet (1905), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), and Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde (1735). After him are Aymon, Count of Savoy (1291), Charlotte Bonaparte (1802), Gérard Houllier (1947), Vivant Denon (1747), Claude Gensac (1927), and Henri, Prince of Condé (1552).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul ranks 394. Before him are Odo de St Amand (1110), Pierre Mendès France (1907), Honoré V, Prince of Monaco (1778), Étienne Marcel (1315), Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois (1819), and Joan I, Countess of Auvergne (1326). After him are Aymon, Count of Savoy (1291), Charlotte Bonaparte (1802), Henri, Prince of Condé (1552), Jean-Lambert Tallien (1767), Jacques I, Prince of Monaco (1689), and Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (1400).

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