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Francis I of France

1494 - 1547

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Francis I (French: François Ier; Middle French: Françoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547. He was the son of Charles, Count of Angoulême, and Louise of Savoy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis I of France has received more than 5,692,298 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2019). Francis I of France is the 165th most popular politician (down from 129th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from France (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Politician.

Francis I of France is most famous for being the first monarch of the House of Valois. He was also the first of the French kings to be crowned at Reims.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 78.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 79

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Francis I of France ranks 165 out of 19,576. Before him are Orhan, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire, Cardinal Richelieu, and Mehmed IV. After him are Vespasian, Claudius, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lech Wałęsa, and Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1494, Francis I of France ranks 2. Before him is Suleiman the Magnificent. After him are François Rabelais, Fuzûlî, Georgius Agricola, Pontormo, Bona Sforza, Jean Parisot de Valette, Leo Africanus, Rosso Fiorentino, Lucas van Leyden, and William Tyndale. Among people deceased in 1547, Francis I of France ranks 3. Before him are Henry VIII of England, and Hernán Cortés. After him are Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Sebastiano del Piombo, Pietro Bembo, Vittoria Colonna, Saint Cajetan, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, Hadım Suleiman Pasha, Philippa of Guelders, and Marie of Luxembourg, Countess of Vendôme.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis I of France ranks 61 out of 6,770. Before him are Romain Rolland (1866), Gustave Eiffel (1832), Cardinal Richelieu (1585), Charles Perrault (1628), Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780), and Sarah Bernhardt (1844). After him are Claudius (-10), Arthur Rimbaud (1854), Louis Philippe I (1773), Louis de Funès (1914), Michel Foucault (1926), and François Rabelais (1494).

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Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Francis I of France ranks 13. Before him are Napoleon III (1808), Henry IV of France (1553), Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (1122), Louis XIII of France (1601), Philip IV of France (1268), and Cardinal Richelieu (1585). After him are Claudius (-10), Louis Philippe I (1773), Charles X of France (1757), Maximilien Robespierre (1758), Louis the Pious (778), and Henry III of France (1551).

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