POLITICIAN

Charles VIII of France

1470 - 1498

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Charles VIII, called the Affable (French: l'Affable; 30 June 1470 – 7 April 1498), was King of France from 1483 to his death in 1498. He succeeded his father Louis XI at the age of 13. His elder sister Anne acted as regent jointly with her husband Peter II, Duke of Bourbon until 1491, when the young king turned 21 years of age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles VIII of France has received more than 2,373,946 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Charles VIII of France is the 280th most popular politician (up from 329th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from France (up from 137th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Politician.

Charles VIII of France is most famous for being the King of France from 1483 to 1498. He is also known for being the first monarch of the House of Valois.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles VIII of France ranks 280 out of 19,576. Before him are Brutus the Younger, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Leopold III of Belgium, Charles VII of France, and Alexander II of Russia. After him are B. R. Ambedkar, Charles the Bald, Edward Heath, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Hu Jintao, and Septimius Severus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1470, Charles VIII of France ranks 2. Before him is Selim I. After him are Piri Reis, Edward V of England, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Martin Waldseemüller, Hongzhi Emperor, Pietro Bembo, Juan Díaz de Solís, György Dózsa, Francis, Count of Vendôme, and Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan. Among people deceased in 1498, Charles VIII of France ranks 2. Before him is Girolamo Savonarola. After him are Tomás de Torquemada, John Cabot, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Giovanni il Popolano, Michael Pacher, Francesco Botticini, Çiçek Hatun, Mirkhvand, and Cristoforo Landino.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles VIII of France ranks 118 out of 6,770. Before him are Bernard of Clairvaux (1090), Jean de La Fontaine (1621), Hector Berlioz (1803), Marie Thérèse of France (1778), Charles VII of France (1403), and Sully Prudhomme (1839). After him are Roman Polanski (1933), Anatole France (1844), Jean Cocteau (1889), Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Guy de Maupassant (1850), and Hugh Capet (940).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles VIII of France ranks 32. Before him are Philip II of France (1165), Philip V of Spain (1683), Henry II of France (1519), Georges Danton (1759), Philippe Pétain (1856), and Charles VII of France (1403). After him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Hugh Capet (940), Charles VI of France (1368), Louis XII of France (1462), Charles V of France (1338), and Joachim Murat (1767).

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