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Charles de Bonchamps

1760 - 1793

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Charles-Melchior Artus de Bonchamps, Marquis de Bonchamps (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl mɛlkjɔʁ aʁtys də bɔ̃ʃɑ̃]; 10 May 1760 – 18 October 1793) was a French politician and leader of the Vendéan insurrection of Royalists against the Republic during the French Revolution. Born at Juvardeil, Anjou, he gained his first military experience in the American War of Independence, and on his return to France was made a captain of grenadiers in the French royal army. He was a staunch defender of the French monarchy, and at the outbreak of the Revolution, resigned his command and retired to his château at Saint-Florent-le-Vieil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles de Bonchamps has received more than 49,003 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles de Bonchamps is the 11,094th most popular politician (down from 10,880th in 2019), the 3,305th most popular biography from France (down from 3,215th in 2019) and the 734th most popular French Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles de Bonchamps ranks 11,094 out of 19,576Before him are Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Nazim al-Qudsi, Mehmed Said Pasha, Patrick Henry, and Leung Chun-ying. After him are Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, Mokgweetsi Masisi, Ilie Verdeț, Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus, and Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-Muskau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1760, Charles de Bonchamps ranks 27Before him are Aloysia Weber, Constantine Ypsilantis, Christian Kramp, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, and Olof Swartz. After him are François Buzot, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Mohammad Ali Khan Zand, Lemuel Francis Abbott, Maria Cosway, and Ferdinand Bauer. Among people deceased in 1793, Charles de Bonchamps ranks 36Before him are Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Armand Louis de Gontaut, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Joannicius III of Constantinople, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, and William Hudson. After him are Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Karl Philipp Moritz, John Michell, Leopold Hofmann, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, and Katsukawa Shunshō.

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In France

Among people born in France, Charles de Bonchamps ranks 3,305 out of 6,770Before him are Gérard Jugnot (1951), Pierre Sinibaldi (1924), Alfred Bruneau (1857), Jeanne Jugan (1792), Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ (1842), and Joseph Guillemot (1899). After him are Georges Mandel (1885), Édouard Philippe (1970), Jean Joseph Mounier (1758), Yvonne Furneaux (1926), Paul Ranson (1861), and Louisa Maria Stuart (1692).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Charles de Bonchamps ranks 734Before him are Eustace I, Count of Boulogne (1010), Charles Floquet (1828), Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397), Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (1719), Beatrice of England (1242), and Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay (1831). After him are Georges Mandel (1885), Édouard Philippe (1970), Jean Joseph Mounier (1758), Louisa Maria Stuart (1692), Michel Barnier (1951), and Sébastien Faure (1858).