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Francis, Duke of Anjou

1555 - 1584

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Monsieur François, Duke of Anjou and Alençon (French: Hercule François; 18 March 1555 – 10 June 1584) was the youngest son of King Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis, Duke of Anjou has received more than 1,178,637 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Francis, Duke of Anjou is the 1,824th most popular politician (up from 1,868th in 2019).

Francis, Duke of Anjou is most famous for being the youngest son of King Henry III of France and Queen Margaret of Valois. He was also the brother of King Charles IX and King Henry IV.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis, Duke of Anjou ranks 1,824 out of 15,577Before him are Jean Parisot de Valette, Edward the Martyr, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Ioannis Kapodistrias, Henry II of Castile, and Habibullāh Kalakāni. After him are Ludvík Svoboda, Baasha of Israel, Alexios V Doukas, Luís I of Portugal, Boris Johnson, and Kenan Evren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1555, Francis, Duke of Anjou ranks 1After him are Ludovico Carracci, Edward Kelley, Naresuan, Cesare Ripa, François de Malherbe, Johann Arndt, Louise de Coligny, Konishi Yukinaga, Andreas Libavius, Dong Qichang, and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon. Among people deceased in 1584, Francis, Duke of Anjou ranks 4Before him are Ivan the Terrible, William the Silent, and Charles Borromeo. After him are Yi I, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Balthasar Gérard, Jan Kochanowski, Marcantonio Colonna, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, and Pieter Pourbus.

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