1555 - 1584
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, Francis, Duke of Anjou ranks 1,824 out of 15,577. Before 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.
1494 - 1568
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,818
962 - 978
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,819
1937 - Present
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,820
1776 - 1831
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,821
1334 - 1379
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,822
1890 - 1929
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 1,823
1555 - 1584
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 1,824
1895 - 1979
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 1,825
1000 BC - 960 BC
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 1,826
1140 - 1204
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 1,827
1838 - 1889
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 1,828
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 1,829
1917 - 2015
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 1,830
Among people born in 1555, Francis, Duke of Anjou ranks 1. After 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 4. Before 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.
1555 - 1584
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 1
1555 - 1619
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 2
1555 - 1597
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 3
1555 - 1605
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 4
1555 - 1622
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 5
1555 - 1628
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 6
1555 - 1621
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 7
1555 - 1620
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 8
1555 - 1600
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 9
1555 - 1616
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 10
1555 - 1636
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 11
1555 - 1623
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 12
1530 - 1584
HPI: 82.61
Rank: 1
1533 - 1584
HPI: 76.49
Rank: 2
1538 - 1584
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 3
1555 - 1584
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 4
1536 - 1584
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 5
1492 - 1584
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 6
1557 - 1584
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 7
1530 - 1584
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 8
1535 - 1584
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 9
1512 - 1584
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 10
1523 - 1584
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 11