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Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan

1611 - 1673

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Charles de Batz de Castelmore (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl də bats də kastɛlmɔʁ]), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan (c. 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. A fictionalised account of his life by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras formed the basis for the d'Artagnan Romances of Alexandre Dumas père, most famously including The Three Musketeers (1844). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan is the 64th most popular military personnel (down from 57th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from France (down from 216th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Military Personnel.

Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan is most famous for being a musketeer in the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan ranks 64 out of 2,058. Before him are Otto Skorzeny, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Mikhail Kutuzov, Baron Munchausen, Erich Ludendorff, and Roland. After him are Fedor von Bock, Ubba, Ernst Röhm, Eugène de Beauharnais, Manfred von Richthofen, and Yi Sun-sin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1611, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan ranks 2. Before him is Pope Innocent XI. After him are Evliya Çelebi, Chongzhen Emperor, Johannes Hevelius, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Safi of Persia, John Pell, Marie Louise Gonzaga, Cecilia Renata of Austria, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Carlo Rainaldi. Among people deceased in 1673, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan ranks 2. Before him is Molière. After him are Margaret Theresa of Spain, Salvator Rosa, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Semyon Dezhnev, Joan Blaeu, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Regnier de Graaf, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Barent Fabritius, and Robert Moray.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan ranks 275 out of 6,770. Before him are Philip I of France (1052), Francis de Sales (1567), Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), Jean Marais (1913), and Louis, Dauphin of France (1729). After him are Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Philip V of France (1293), Honoré Daumier (1808), Prosper Mérimée (1803), and François Couperin (1668).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan ranks 7. Before him are Joan of Arc (1412), Charles de Gaulle (1890), Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), and Alfred Dreyfus (1859). After him are Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Theodor Eicke (1892), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769), and André Masséna (1758).

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