The Most Famous

NOBLEMEN from Switzerland

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This page contains a list of the greatest Swiss Noblemen. The pantheon dataset contains 1,415 Noblemen, 3 of which were born in Switzerland. This makes Switzerland the birth place of the 25th most number of Noblemen behind Israel, and Czechia.

Top 6

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Swiss Noblemen of all time. This list of famous Swiss Noblemen is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Albert I of Germany (1255 - 1308)

With an HPI of 66.21, Albert I of Germany is the most famous Swiss Nobleman.  His biography has been translated into 48 different languages on wikipedia.

Albert I of Habsburg (German: Albrecht I.) (July 1255 – 1 May 1308) was a Duke of Austria and Styria from 1282 and King of Germany from 1298 until his assassination. He was the eldest son of King Rudolf I of Germany and his first wife Gertrude of Hohenberg. Sometimes referred to as 'Albert the One-eyed' because of a battle injury that left him with a hollow eye socket and a permanent snarl.

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2. Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg (1168 - 1232)

With an HPI of 55.82, Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg is the 2nd most famous Swiss Nobleman.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Rudolph II (or Rudolph the Kind) (died 10 April 1232) was Count of Habsburg in the Aargau and a progenitor of the royal House of Habsburg. He was the only son of Count Albert III of Habsburg and Ita of Pfullendorf. He married Agnes of Staufen. Rudolph was the father of Count Albert IV of Habsburg and Count Rudolph III of Habsburg and the grandfather of King Rudolph I of Germany.

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3. Françoise-Louise de Warens (1699 - 1762)

With an HPI of 55.80, Françoise-Louise de Warens is the 3rd most famous Swiss Nobleman.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Françoise-Louise de Warens, born Louise Éléonore de la Tour du Pil, also called Madame de Warens (31 March 1699 – 29 July 1762), was the benefactress and mistress of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Warens was born in Vevey, into a Swiss Protestant family who had immigrated to Annecy, but became a Roman Catholic in 1726 in order to receive a church pension which had been instated to increase the spread of Roman Catholicism near Geneva, then a bastion of Protestantism. She was known to have led a liberal life for a woman of her time. She annulled her marriage to M. de Warens in 1726 after failing in a clothing business. Rousseau met her for the first time on Palm Sunday 1728. It was said that she was a spy and a converter for Savoy, then part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. Though Warens was originally a teacher to Rousseau, they became sexually engaged after she openly initiated him in the matters of love and "intimacy". Françoise-Louise de Warens died in poverty in 1762 in Chambéry, of which Rousseau did not learn until six years afterwards. Rousseau describes his relationship with her in his Confessions.

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4. Princess Elena of Romania (b. 1950)

With an HPI of 54.30, Princess Elena of Romania is the 4th most famous Swiss Nobleman.  Her biography has been translated into 22 different languages.

Princess Elena of Romania (born 15 November 1950) is the second eldest daughter of King Michael I and Queen Anne of Romania. Elena is first in the line of succession to the former Romanian throne and headship of the House of Romania as her elder sister Margareta's heir presumptive.

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5. Henry, Duke of Parma (1873 - 1939)

With an HPI of 50.71, Henry, Duke of Parma is the 5th most famous Swiss Nobleman.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Henry, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: Enrico Maria Alberto Ferdinando Carlo Pio Luigi Antonio di Borbone-Parma e Piacenza; 13 June 1873 – 16 November 1939) was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and the pretender to the defunct throne of Parma from 1907 to 1939.

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6. Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein (b. 1969)

With an HPI of 42.55, Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein is the 6th most famous Swiss Nobleman.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (Maximilian Nikolaus Maria; born 16 May 1969), known professionally as Max von Liechtenstein, is a Liechtensteiner prince and businessman. He is the second son of Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein and his wife, Countess Marie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau.

People

Pantheon has 6 people classified as Swiss noblemen born between 1168 and 1969. Of these 6, 2 (33.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Swiss noblemen include Princess Elena of Romania, and Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein. The most famous deceased Swiss noblemen include Albert I of Germany, Rudolf II, Count of Habsburg, and Françoise-Louise de Warens. As of April 2024, 3 new Swiss noblemen have been added to Pantheon including Françoise-Louise de Warens, Henry, Duke of Parma, and Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein.

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