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Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours

1489 - 1512

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Gaston de Foix, duc de Nemours (10 December 1489 – 11 April 1512), nicknamed The Thunderbolt of Italy, was a famed French military commander of the Renaissance. Nephew of King Louis XII of France and general of his armies in Italy from 1511 to 1512, he is noted for his military feats in a career which lasted no longer than a few months. The young general is regarded as a stellar commander well ahead of his time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours has received more than 122,478 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours is the 594th most popular military personnel (up from 622nd in 2019), the 1,638th most popular biography from France (up from 1,667th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours ranks 594 out of 2,058. Before him are Taira no Masakado, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Günther Blumentritt, Johan Banér, Walter Krüger, and Husband E. Kimmel. After him are Süleyman Pasha, Yue Jin, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Khalil al-Wazir, Mikhail Alekseyev, and Nicolaus von Below.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1489, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours ranks 7. Before him are Thomas Müntzer, Antonio da Correggio, Margaret Tudor, Charles, Duke of Vendôme, Thomas Cranmer, and William Farel. After him are Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Charles IV, Duke of Alençon, Fernando d'Ávalos, Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Francesco Venier. Among people deceased in 1512, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours ranks 3. Before him are Amerigo Vespucci, and Bayezid II. After him are Alessandro Achillini, Hatuey, Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Svante Nilsson, and Antoine Brumel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours ranks 1,638 out of 6,770. Before him are Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza (1911), Raymond Loewy (1893), Abbé Pierre (1912), Philippe Soupault (1897), Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552), and Élie Cartan (1869). After him are Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808), Remy de Gourmont (1858), Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723), Georges Canguilhem (1904), and Bixente Lizarazu (1969).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours ranks 62. Before him are Oenomaus (-105), Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon (1754), Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770), Joseph Gallieni (1849), Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), and Walter Krüger (1890). After him are Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle (1775), Christian de Castries (1902), Hubert Lyautey (1854), Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742), Tarrare (1772), and Charles Huntziger (1880).

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