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Françoise d'Alençon

1490 - 1550

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Françoise d'Alençon (1490 – 14 September 1550) was the eldest daughter of René of Alençon and Margaret of Lorraine, and the younger sister and despoiled heiress of Charles IV, Duke of Alençon. The sister and heiress of Charles IV of Alençon, she was despoiled of her heritage by her sister-in-law Marguerite of Angoulême, sister of King Francis I of France. Her son Antoine, however, went on to marry Jeanne III of Navarre, born of the second marriage of Marguerite with Henry II of Navarre. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Françoise d'Alençon has received more than 64,577 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Françoise d'Alençon is the 447th most popular nobleman (up from 478th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Françoise d'Alençons by language

Over the past year Françoise d'Alençon has had the most page views in the with 7,689 views, followed by French (6,364), and Russian (3,178). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (60.56%), Hebrew (57.96%), and Chinese (52.54%)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Françoise d'Alençon ranks 447 out of 1,415. Before her are Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Ulrich, Duke of Mecklenburg, Sirindhorn, Hugh, Count of Champagne, and Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France. After her are Dorothea of Denmark, Electress Palatine, Sancha of Aragon, Bruno, Duke of Saxony, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia, Burchard II, Duke of Swabia, and Joanna Sophia of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1490, Françoise d'Alençon ranks 13. Before her are Huáscar, Albert of Brandenburg, Florian Geyer, Ebussuud Efendi, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, and Francesco Maria I della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. After her are John III, Duke of Cleves, Marinus van Reymerswaele, Properzia de' Rossi, Galvarino, Nikola Jurišić, and Mohammed al-Shaykh. Among people deceased in 1550, Françoise d'Alençon ranks 8. Before her are John of God, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Claude, Duke of Guise, Andrea Alciato, and Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua. After her are Tabinshwehti, Jón Arason, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Pir Sultan Abdal, Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, and Sebald Beham.

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