COMPANION

Elisabeth of Valois

1545 - 1568

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Elisabeth of France, or Elisabeth of Valois (Spanish: Isabel de Valois; French: Élisabeth de Valois) (2 April 1546 – 3 October 1568), was Queen of Spain as the third wife of Philip II of Spain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elisabeth of Valois has received more than 1,922,089 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Elisabeth of Valois is the 58th most popular companion (down from 48th in 2019), the 326th most popular biography from France (down from 296th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Companion.

Elisabeth of Valois was the daughter of King Charles IX of France and his wife, Queen Catherine de Medici. She was married to King Philip II of Spain in 1559. Elisabeth of Valois is most famous for being the mother of King Philip III of Spain.

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  • 70.48

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Elisabeth of Valois ranks 58 out of 784. Before her are Hafsa bint Umar, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, Antinous, Magda Goebbels, and Isabella of Portugal. After her are Theodora, Zayd ibn Harithah, Isabeau of Bavaria, Abigail, Malhun Hatun, and Brigitte Macron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1545, Elisabeth of Valois ranks 2. Before her is Yi Sun-sin. After her are Túpac Amaru, Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, Azai Nagamasa, Anna of Sweden, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha, and Guidobaldo del Monte. Among people deceased in 1568, Elisabeth of Valois ranks 1. After her are Carlos, Prince of Asturias, Albert, Duke of Prussia, Jean Parisot de Valette, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Stanislaus Kostka, Sophie of Pomerania, Jacques Arcadelt, Andrés de Urdaneta, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, and Nicolaus Olahus.

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In France

Among people born in France, Elisabeth of Valois ranks 326 out of 6,770. Before her are Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France (1781), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Raynald of Châtillon (1123), Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659), Georges de La Tour (1593), and Paul Valéry (1871). After her are Anne of Brittany (1477), Josquin des Prez (1450), Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275), Colette (1873), Luc Montagnier (1932), and Louis VI of France (1081).

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Among COMPANIONS In France

Among companions born in France, Elisabeth of Valois ranks 7. Before her are Madame de Pompadour (1721), Madame du Barry (1743), Joseph Bonaparte (1768), Hortense de Beauharnais (1783), Désirée Clary (1777), and Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon (1635). After her are Brigitte Macron (1953), Isabella of France (1295), Julie Clary (1771), Marie of Anjou (1404), Emma of Normandy (985), and Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of France (1290).

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