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André-Hercule de Fleury

1653 - 1743

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André-Hercule de Fleury, Bishop of Fréjus (22 June or 26 June 1653 – 29 January 1743) was a French cardinal who served as the chief minister of Louis XV. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André-Hercule de Fleury has received more than 127,856 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). André-Hercule de Fleury is the 2,941st most popular politician (up from 3,549th in 2019), the 963rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,152nd in 2019) and the 223rd most popular French Politician.

André-Hercule de Fleury was a French politician who served as the Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV. He is most famous for his efforts to reform France's finances during the 1730s.

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Over the past year André-Hercule de Fleury has had the most page views in the with 19,469 views, followed by English (18,641), and Russian (8,356). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (682.67%), Egyptian Arabic (47.87%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (45.23%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, André-Hercule de Fleury ranks 2,941 out of 19,576Before him are Lennart Johansson, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Anna of Tyrol, Matthias Erzberger, Tomislav of Croatia, and Piye. After him are Wang Xizhi, Yoon Suk Yeol, Ludwig Quidde, Al-Muqtadir, Gisela of Hungary, and Barbara Bush.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1653, André-Hercule de Fleury ranks 5Before him are Arcangelo Corelli, Johann Pachelbel, Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, and Prince George of Denmark. After him are Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Georg Muffat, Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Maria Amalia of Courland, Carlo Ruzzini, and Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. Among people deceased in 1743, André-Hercule de Fleury ranks 2Before him is Hyacinthe Rigaud. After him are Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Anne Sophie Reventlow, Nicolas Lancret, Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, Rafael Casanova, Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans, Melusine von der Schulenburg, Duchess of Kendal, Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz, and Jai Singh II.

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In France

Among people born in France, André-Hercule de Fleury ranks 963 out of 6,770Before him are Hector Guimard (1867), Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), Jean-Pierre Papin (1963), Childebert III (678), Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292), and Maurice Halbwachs (1877). After him are Karim Benzema (1987), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), Laura de Noves (1310), Thierry Henry (1977), Jules de Polignac (1780), and Jacques Demy (1931).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, André-Hercule de Fleury ranks 223Before him are Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011), Guillaume de Nogaret (1260), Marie Louise Gonzaga (1611), Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier (1627), Childebert III (678), and Joan II, Countess of Burgundy (1292). After him are Jules de Polignac (1780), Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), Christina of Lorraine (1565), Cardinal de Rohan (1734), Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945), and Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486).