POLITICIAN

Charles IV, Duke of Alençon

1489 - 1525

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Charles IV of Alençon (2 September 1489 in Alençon – 11 April 1525 in Lyon) was the son of René of Alençon and Margaret of Vaudémont. He succeeded his father in 1492 as Duke of Alençon and Count of Perche, and was also Count of Armagnac, Fézensac, Viscount of Rodez, Count of Fezensaguet, l'Isle-Jourdain, and Perdiac. In 1509 he married Margaret of Angoulême, sister to Francis, Duke of Valois, who would in 1515 become King Francis I of France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles IV, Duke of Alençon has received more than 61,728 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles IV, Duke of Alençon is the 8,192nd most popular politician (down from 6,460th in 2019), the 2,434th most popular biography from France (down from 1,920th in 2019) and the 562nd most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon ranks 8,192 out of 19,576Before him are Konstantin Hierl, Ziaur Rahman, Ezzelino III da Romano, Kim Seong-su, Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, and Neferkauhor. After him are Karl Gützlaff, Pascal Couchepin, Maria of Trebizond, Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, Teimuraz I of Kakheti, and Tirimüjgan Kadın.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon ranks 10Before him are Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Thomas Cranmer, William Farel, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, and Gerónimo de Aguilar. After him are Fernando d'Ávalos, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Francesco Venier, François de Tournon, and Lorenzo Priuli. Among people deceased in 1525, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon ranks 11Before him are Huayna Capac, Andrea della Robbia, Pietro Pomponazzi, Florian Geyer, Eleanor of Viseu, and Michael Sittow. After him are Fernando d'Ávalos, Davide Ghirlandaio, Boccaccio Boccaccino, Franciabigio, and Lambert Simnel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon ranks 2,434 out of 6,770Before him are Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695), Isaac the Blind (1160), Jean Fautrier (1898), Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711), Auguste Maquet (1813), and Jean Delannoy (1908). After him are René Mayer (1895), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1989), Margaret of Bourbon (1438), Pierre Renoir (1885), Chilperic II of Burgundy (450), and Judoc (600).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon ranks 562Before him are William I of Provence (950), Louis Armand I, Prince of Conti (1661), Matilda of Boulogne (1103), Pierre Pflimlin (1907), Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey (1754), and René Pleven (1901). After him are René Mayer (1895), Margaret of Bourbon (1438), Chilperic II of Burgundy (450), Blanche of Artois (1248), Charles Amadeus, Duke of Nemours (1624), and Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall (1284).