1547 - 1575
Claude of Valois (12 November 1547 – 21 February 1575) was a French princess as the second daughter of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici, and Duchess of Lorraine by marriage to Charles III, Duke of Lorraine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude of France has received more than 938,930 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Claude of France is the 199th most popular nobleman (down from 115th in 2019), the 1,008th most popular biography from France (down from 679th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Nobleman.
Claude of France was the wife of King Louis XII and the mother of King Francis I. She is most famous for being the mother of Francis I, who was king of France from 1515 to 1547.
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Among noblemen, Claude of France ranks 199 out of 842. Before her are Cymburgis of Masovia, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Marie-Caroline of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess of Berry, Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr, Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, and Guntram the Rich. After her are Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria, Charles, Count of Angoulême, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Anne de Montmorency, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, and Elizabeth of Austria.
1394 - 1429
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 193
1775 - 1830
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 194
1798 - 1870
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 195
1764 - 1830
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 196
1473 - 1484
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 197
920 - 973
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 198
1547 - 1575
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 199
1660 - 1690
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 200
1459 - 1496
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 201
1912 - 1997
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 202
1493 - 1567
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 203
1890 - 1958
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 204
1526 - 1545
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 205
Among people born in 1547, Claude of France ranks 4. Before her are Miguel de Cervantes, John of Austria, and Justus Lipsius. After her are Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Oichi, Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Mateo Alemán, Sanada Masayuki, and Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī. Among people deceased in 1575, Claude of France ranks 2. Before her is Pieter Aertsen. After her are Antonis Mor, Heinrich Bullinger, Matthias Flacius, Joseph Karo, Jan Matsys, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Francesco Maurolico, Sophia Jagiellon, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Corneille de Lyon, and Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern.
1547 - 1616
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 1
1547 - 1578
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 2
1547 - 1606
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 3
1547 - 1575
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 4
1547 - 1578
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 5
1547 - 1620
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 6
1547 - 1619
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 7
1547 - 1583
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 8
1547 - 1614
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 9
1547 - 1613
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 10
1547 - 1611
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 11
1547 - 1621
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 12
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 1
1547 - 1575
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 2
1519 - 1575
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 3
1504 - 1575
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 4
1520 - 1575
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 5
1488 - 1575
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 6
1509 - 1575
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 7
1514 - 1575
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 8
1494 - 1575
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 9
1522 - 1575
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 10
1500 - 1575
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 11
1537 - 1575
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Claude of France ranks 1,008 out of 6,011. Before her are René Girard (1923), Antoine Galland (1646), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), Lucien Laurent (1907), Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), and René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451). After her are Jacques Hadamard (1865), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Clotilde of France (1759), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Carole Bouquet (1957), and Léon Bourgeois (1851).
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1,002
1646 - 1715
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1,003
1844 - 1937
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,004
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,005
1656 - 1708
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,006
1451 - 1508
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 1,007
1547 - 1575
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 1,008
1865 - 1963
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 1,009
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 1,010
1759 - 1802
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 1,011
1811 - 1896
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 1,012
1957 - Present
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 1,013
1851 - 1925
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 1,014
Among noblemen born in France, Claude of France ranks 33. Before her are Louise Élisabeth of France (1727), Bertrada of Laon (720), Judith of Bavaria (797), Germaine of Foix (1488), Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789), and Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764). After her are Anne de Montmorency (1493), Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (1187), Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (1824), Louis, Count of Vendôme (1376), Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753), and Claude, Duke of Guise (1496).
1727 - 1759
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 27
720 - 783
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 28
797 - 843
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 29
1488 - 1536
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 30
1789 - 1860
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 31
1764 - 1830
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 32
1547 - 1575
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 33
1493 - 1567
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 34
1187 - 1203
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 35
1824 - 1890
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 36
1376 - 1446
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 37
1753 - 1821
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 38
1496 - 1550
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 39