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Charles III, Duke of Savoy

1486 - 1553

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Charles III of Savoy (10 October 1486 – 17 August 1553), often called Charles the Good, was Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553, although most of his lands were ruled by the French between 1536 and his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles III, Duke of Savoy has received more than 129,555 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 31 in 2019). Charles III, Duke of Savoy is the 3,028th most popular politician (down from 2,665th in 2019), the 985th most popular biography from France (down from 880th in 2019) and the 229th most popular French Politician.

Charles III, Duke of Savoy, was most famous for his role in the War of the Spanish Succession. He was the grandson of the King of Spain, and he was the grandson of the King of France. His father, Philip, was the King of Spain and his mother, Margaret, was the daughter of the King of France. Charles was also the Duke of Milan and the Duke of Mantua.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles III, Duke of Savoy ranks 3,028 out of 19,576. Before him are Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, Emperor Kanmu, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Sultan Husayn Bayqara, and Boris Shcherbina. After him are Deiphobus, Ernest, Elector of Saxony, Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Lluís Companys, Xanana Gusmão, and Laurent Gbagbo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1486, Charles III, Duke of Savoy ranks 7. Before him are Andrea del Sarto, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Arthur, Prince of Wales, Jacopo Sansovino, Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, and Sher Shah Suri. After him are Francysk Skaryna, Martin Agricola, Gerolamo Emiliani, Ahuitzotl, Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, and Johann Eck. Among people deceased in 1553, Charles III, Duke of Savoy ranks 8. Before him are Şehzade Mustafa, Edward VI of England, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Michael Servetus, Şehzade Cihangir, and Pedro de Valdivia. After him are Maurice, Elector of Saxony, Girolamo Fracastoro, Sinan Pasha, Lucrezia de' Medici, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles III, Duke of Savoy ranks 985 out of 6,770. Before him are Catherine of Valois (1401), Jules Renard (1864), Cardinal de Rohan (1734), Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800), Henri Giraud (1879), and Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945). After him are Philippe Ariès (1914), Germaine of Foix (1488), Étienne Bézout (1730), Augustin Robespierre (1763), Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907), and Laurent Blanc (1965).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles III, Duke of Savoy ranks 229. Before him are André-Hercule de Fleury (1653), Jules de Polignac (1780), Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), Christina of Lorraine (1565), Cardinal de Rohan (1734), and Daniel Cohn-Bendit (1945). After him are Augustin Robespierre (1763), Jean Casimir-Perier (1847), Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802), Jean Moulin (1899), Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653), and Louis II of Anjou (1377).

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