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Charles, Duke of Orléans

1394 - 1465

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Charles of Orléans (24 November 1394 – 5 January 1465) was Duke of Orléans from 1407, following the murder of his father, Louis I, Duke of Orléans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles, Duke of Orléans has received more than 628,398 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Charles, Duke of Orléans is the 487th most popular writer (up from 493rd in 2019), the 577th most popular biography from France (up from 585th in 2019) and the 86th most popular French Writer.

Charles, Duke of Orléans, was the son of King Charles VI of France and his wife, Isabeau of Bavaria. He was born in 1403 and died in 1465. He was most famous for being captured by the English during the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 and held prisoner for over a decade.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Charles, Duke of Orléans ranks 487 out of 7,302. Before him are Miguel Ángel Asturias, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Luo Guanzhong, Edward Said, and Vuk Karadžić. After him are Wu Cheng'en, Giorgos Seferis, Ilya Ehrenburg, Ludvig Holberg, Alessandro Manzoni, and Eugene O'Neill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1394, Charles, Duke of Orléans ranks 4. Before him are Johannes Gutenberg, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Ulugh Beg. After him are James I of Scotland, Philippa of England, Cymburgis of Masovia, Ikkyū, Basil Valentine, Sidi Boushaki, Ashikaga Yoshinori, and Antonio Beccadelli. Among people deceased in 1465, Charles, Duke of Orléans ranks 1. After him are Thomas Palaiologos, Louis, Duke of Savoy, Isabella of Bourbon, Joanot Martorell, Isabella of Clermont, and Abd al-Haqq II.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles, Duke of Orléans ranks 577 out of 6,770. Before him are Daniel Auber (1782), Alaric II (458), Johnny Hallyday (1943), Peter the Hermit (1050), Paul Bocuse (1926), and Karl Brandt (1904). After him are Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748), Luigi Lucheni (1873), Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), Francis, Duke of Guise (1519), and Maurice Jarre (1924).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Charles, Duke of Orléans ranks 86. Before him are Jacques Hébert (1757), Héloïse (1101), Marguerite de Navarre (1492), Jules Michelet (1798), Louise de La Vallière (1644), and Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848). After him are Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627), Henri Barbusse (1873), Gérard de Nerval (1808), Anaïs Nin (1903), Alfred Jarry (1873), and Camille Flammarion (1842).

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