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François Leclerc du Tremblay

1577 - 1638

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François Leclerc du Tremblay (4 November 1577 – 17 December 1638), also known as Père Joseph, was a French Capuchin friar, confidant and agent of Cardinal Richelieu. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Leclerc du Tremblay has received more than 179,508 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). François Leclerc du Tremblay is the 3,549th most popular politician (down from 3,250th in 2019), the 1,111th most popular biography from France (down from 1,066th in 2019) and the 262nd most popular French Politician.

François Leclerc du Tremblay, also known as Père Joseph, was a French priest and confessor to Louis XIV. He is most famous for his role in the French Wars of Religion, where he led the Catholic League in a series of battles against the Huguenots.

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Over the past year François Leclerc du Tremblay has had the most page views in the with 28,371 views, followed by French (14,587), and Russian (13,589). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (85.61%), Belarusian (30.93%), and Arabic (18.39%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, François Leclerc du Tremblay ranks 3,549 out of 19,576Before him are Marie of Luxembourg, Queen of France, Othniel, João Bernardo Vieira, Karl Lueger, Intef III, and Anatoly Sobchak. After him are Georges Ernest Boulanger, Pál Teleki, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Kocel, James II of Majorca, and Anna Dostoevskaya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1577, François Leclerc du Tremblay ranks 5Before him are Peter Paul Rubens, Christian IV of Denmark, Beatrice Cenci, and Nur Jahan. After him are Scipione Borghese, Cristofano Allori, Paul Guldin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, and Kobayakawa Hideaki. Among people deceased in 1638, François Leclerc du Tremblay ranks 5Before him are Cornelius Jansen, Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Adriaen Brouwer, and Ivan Gundulić. After him are Amakusa Shirō, Johannes Althusius, Cyril Lucaris, John Harvard, Cornelis van Haarlem, Peter Minuit, and Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy.

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In France

Among people born in France, François Leclerc du Tremblay ranks 1,111 out of 6,770Before him are Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), Flora Tristan (1803), Coluche (1944), Odile of Alsace (662), Étienne Gilson (1884), and Charles III of Navarre (1361). After him are Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837), James II of Majorca (1243), La Hire (1390), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Alain de Lille (1117), and Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, François Leclerc du Tremblay ranks 262Before him are Christine of France (1606), Jean de Dunois (1402), Odo the Great (650), Theobald II of Navarre (1239), Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), and Charles III of Navarre (1361). After him are Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837), James II of Majorca (1243), Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661), Francis Phoebus of Navarre (1467), Margaret II, Countess of Flanders (1202), and William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099).