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Charles, Duke of Vendôme

1489 - 1537

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Charles de Bourbon, duc de Vendôme (2 June 1489 – 25 March 1537) was a French soldier, governor, Prince du Sang and courtier during the reigns of Louis XII and François I. Charles (referred to by his title as Vendôme) was the son of François de Bourbon and Marie de Luxembourg. Beginning his military career in the Italian Wars of Louis XII, he saw service at the crushing French victory of Agnadello in 1509 and the capture of Genoa in 1507. With the death of the king in 1515, he continued his service under François. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles, Duke of Vendôme has received more than 167,941 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles, Duke of Vendôme is the 2,088th most popular politician (down from 1,732nd in 2019), the 713th most popular biography from France (down from 610th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular French Politician.

Charles, Duke of Vendôme is most famous for being the illegitimate son of King Henry IV and Gabrielle d'Estrées. He was a military commander during the reign of his half-brother, King Louis XIII.

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  • 170k

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  • 65.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles, Duke of Vendôme ranks 2,088 out of 19,576. Before him are Afonso II of Portugal, Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Alexandre Colonna-Walewski, Géza II of Hungary, Alexander, and Jehoram of Israel. After him are Evo Morales, Ahmad Shah Qajar, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, William Pitt the Younger, Tianqi Emperor, and Bảo Đại.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, Charles, Duke of Vendôme ranks 4. Before him are Thomas Müntzer, Antonio da Correggio, and Margaret Tudor. After him are Thomas Cranmer, William Farel, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Fernando d'Ávalos, and Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. Among people deceased in 1537, Charles, Duke of Vendôme ranks 3. Before him are Jane Seymour, and Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence. After him are Lorenzo di Credi, Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, Gerolamo Emiliani, Pedro de Mendoza, Madeleine of Valois, Jörg Breu the Elder, Lempira, and Thomas Murner.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles, Duke of Vendôme ranks 713 out of 6,770. Before him are Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729), Rudolph of France (890), Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), David Guetta (1967), Madame Roland (1754), and Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490). After him are Robert Hossein (1927), Gilbert Bécaud (1927), Pierre Boulez (1925), Nadia Boulanger (1887), Samuel de Champlain (1567), and Michel Legrand (1932).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles, Duke of Vendôme ranks 162. Before him are Louise of Savoy (1476), Alexandre Millerand (1859), François Ravaillac (1578), Jean Parisot de Valette (1494), Rudolph of France (890), and Charles III, Duke of Bourbon (1490). After him are Jacques Pierre Brissot (1754), Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736), François Darlan (1881), William Longsword (893), John, Duke of Berry (1340), and Dom Pérignon (1639).

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