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Charles I of Anjou

1226 - 1285

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Charles I (early 1226/1227 – 7 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou. He was Count of Provence (1246–1285) and Forcalquier (1246–1248, 1256–1285) in the Holy Roman Empire, Count of Anjou and Maine (1246–1285) in France; he was also King of Sicily (1266–1285) and Prince of Achaea (1278–1285). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles I of Anjou has received more than 478,672 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Charles I of Anjou is the 638th most popular politician (down from 607th in 2019), the 266th most popular biography from France (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 67th most popular French Politician.

Charles I of Anjou is most famous for being the king of Sicily and Jerusalem.

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  • 72.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles I of Anjou ranks 638 out of 19,576. Before him are Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Franjo Tuđman, Hafez al-Assad, Henry I of France, and Árpád. After him are Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, Robert Mugabe, Abd al-Rahman I, Gaiseric, Ehud Barak, and Farouk of Egypt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1226, Charles I of Anjou ranks 1. After him are Bar Hebraeus, Ata-Malik Juvayni, Guy, Count of Flanders, Bolesław V the Chaste, Sultan Walad, Herman VI, Margrave of Baden, Gertrude of Austria, Ulrich I, Count of Württemberg, Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany, and Maria of Brabant, Duchess of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1285, Charles I of Anjou ranks 3. Before him are Pope Martin IV, and Philip III of France. After him are Peter III of Aragon, Francesca da Rimini, Kunigunda of Halych, Philip I, Count of Savoy, Theodora of Trebizond, Daumantas of Lithuania, John I, Duke of Saxony, Yekuno Amlak, and Rutebeuf.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles I of Anjou ranks 266 out of 6,770. Before him are Pope Innocent V (1225), Charles Fourier (1772), Maurice Leblanc (1864), Philip I of France (1052), Jules Massenet (1842), and Henry I of France (1008). After him are Frédéric Passy (1822), Charles Gounod (1818), Pierre Corneille (1606), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), Camille Claudel (1864), and Louis, Dauphin of France (1729).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles I of Anjou ranks 67. Before him are Richard II of England (1367), Oscar I of Sweden (1799), Philip III of France (1245), Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810), Philip I of France (1052), and Henry I of France (1008). After him are Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), Philip the Good (1396), Baldwin I of Jerusalem (1058), Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767), Robert II of France (972), and Jérôme Bonaparte (1784).

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