New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

POLITICIAN

François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois

1641 - 1691

Photo of François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois

Icon of person François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois

François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (18 January 1641 – 16 July 1691) was the French Secretary of State for War during a significant part of the reign of Louis XIV. He is commonly referred to as "Louvois". Together with his father, Michel le Tellier, he oversaw an increase in the numbers of the French Army, eventually reaching 340,000 soldiers – an army that would fight four wars between 1667 and 1713. Louvois was a key military and strategic advisor to Louis XIV, who transformed the French Army into an instrument of royal authority and foreign policy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois has received more than 249,762 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois is the 5,609th most popular politician (down from 5,396th in 2019), the 1,708th most popular biography from France (up from 1,710th in 2019) and the 424th most popular French Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 250k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois by language


Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ranks 5,609 out of 15,577. Before him are At-Ta'i, John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg, Boris Skossyreff, Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, Alparslan Türkeş, and Moktar Ould Daddah. After him are Bardylis, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Yukhym Zvyahilsky, Francisco de Paula Santander, Kijūrō Shidehara, and Vonones I.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1641, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ranks 5. Before him are Hyeonjong of Joseon, Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Regnier de Graaf, and Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien. After him are Tokugawa Ietsuna, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Menno van Coehoorn, Nehemiah Grew, Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Nicolaes Witsen. Among people deceased in 1691, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ranks 8. Before him are Robert Boyle, Pope Alexander VIII, John George III, Elector of Saxony, Aelbert Cuyp, Köprülüzade Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, and George Fox. After him are Cornelis Tromp, Carlo Rainaldi, Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Richard Baxter, and Adrien Auzout.

Others Born in 1641

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1691

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In France

Among people born in France, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ranks 1,708 out of 6,011. Before him are Georges Duhamel (1884), Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (1644), Gottfried von Strassburg (1180), William Kennedy Dickson (1860), Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822), and Louis of Toulouse (1274). After him are Jean Sorel (1934), Jean-Claude Mézières (1938), Raymond Roussel (1877), Christian Lacroix (1951), Jacques Paul Migne (1800), and Hubert Lyautey (1854).

Others born in France

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois ranks 424. Before him are Roger Ducos (1747), Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878), William V, Duke of Aquitaine (969), Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine (1524), Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Savoy-Nemours (1644), and Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale (1822). After him are Charles of Valois, Duke of Berry (1446), Beatrice of Provence (1229), Sébastien Érard (1752), Pierre Werner (1913), Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco (1758), and Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy (1260).

French born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL